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DICKENS     COLLECTION 
THACKERAY  COLLECTION 

AND  OTHER  RARE 

BOOKS     AND     AUTOGRAPHS 


FROM  THE  LIBRARY 


OF 


MR.  EDWIN  W./COGGESHALL 

OF  NEW  YORK 


THE  ANDERSON  GALLERIES 

„  .  New  York 

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LIFE    AND    ADVENTURES 


I       NICHOLAS   NICKLEBY. 


BY    CHARLES    DICKENS. 


WITH    ILLUSTRATIONS    BY    PHIZ. 


LONDON : 
CHAPMAN    AND   HALL,   186,   STRAND. 


Presented  to  Samuel  Rogers 

By  Charles  Dickens 

(See  No.  ]00.) 


DICKENS    COLLECTION 
THACKERAY    COLLECTION 

AND  OTHER  RARE 

BOOKS  AND  AUTOGRAPHS 

FROM  THE  LIBRARY 

OP 

MR.  EDWIN   W.  COGGESHALL 

OF   NEW   YOKK 


TO  BE  SOLD 
APRIL  25.  26.  AND  27,  1916 

Tuesday  Afternoon,  April  25,  -         -         -         Lots       1-206 

Wednesday    Afternoon,  April  26,   -         -         -         Lots  207-412 
Thursday       Afternoon,  April  27,   -         -         -         Lots  413-622 

AT  2:30  o'clock 

Books  and  Autographs  on  Exhibition  from 
April  15  th 


THE  ANDERSON  GALLERIES 

Madison  Avenue  at  Poutietii  Stkekt 
I^EW  YORK 


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INTRODUCTION 


For  many  years  Mr.  Edwin  W.  Coggeshall  has  been  a  buyer 
of  literary  rarities  and  now  has  a  large  and  valuable  collection 
of  books,  manuscripts,  and  autograph  letters.  Those  which 
are  here  catalogued  embrace  only  a  small  part  of  his  collection, 
and  they  are  to  be  sold  to  permit  a  more  convenient  arrange- 
ment of  his  general  library. 

His  Dickens  Collection,  which  has  long  been  recognized  as  one 
of  the  very  best,  and  in  presentation  copies  as  superior  to  all 
others,  is  the  most  valuable  that  has  ever  been  offered  for  sale 
by  auction.  The  Thackeray  collection  is  not  quite  so  large  but 
it  contains  many  rare  and  desirable  items.  The  miscellaneous 
books  and  autographs  are  interesting  and  valuable.  A  few 
words  about  each  of  these  divisions  may  aid  collectors  to  grasp 
the  importance  of  this  sale, 

THE  DICKENS  COLLECTION 


The  most  important  single  item  in  Mr.  Coggeshall  's  Dickens 
Collection  is  the  Pickwick,  and  beyond  all  question  this  is  the 
finest  copy  that  has  ever  heen  offered  at  public  sale.    It  is,  of 
'^     course,  in  the  original  green  pictorial  wrappers,   all   dated 
1836 ;  and  it  has  the  four  scarce  addresses,  all  the  advertise- 
^    ments,  the  set  of  forty-eight  additional  plates,  with  the  Sey- 
'     mour  and  Phiz  duplicates,  the  unused  plate  by  Buss,  and  the 
wrappers  of  No.  1  of  Library  of  Fiction,  containing  the  very 
scarce  preliminary  notice.     With  this  magnificent   copy  of 
Dickens's  immortal  M'ork,  which  has  the  "points"  that  collec- 
tors look  for,  is  a  page  of  the  Original  Manuscript.     The 
importance  of  this  addition,  which  Mr.  Coggeshall  made  by 
^    private  purchase  in  England,  may  be  judged  from  the  fact 
J^that  of  the  entire  manuscript  only   about  thirty   pages   are 
^    known  to  be  in  existence.    This  page  may  be  the  only  one  that 
will  ever  be  offered  for  sale. 

Next  in  importance  to  this  superlative  work  must  be  placed 
the  copies  of  his  books  which  Dickens  inscribed  and  presented 

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to  friends.  Some  fortunate  collectors  have  acquired  two  or 
three  association  copies  of  this  kind,  but  Mr.  Coggeshall 
had  no  less  than  twenty,  and  among  them  are  some  of  the 
most  famous  of  Dickens's  works— Oliver  Twist,  Nicholas 
Nickleby,  Barnaby  Rudge,  Old  Curiosity  Shop,  American 
Notes  (two  copies),  Cricket  on  the  Hearth,  David  Copperfield. 
Little  Dorrit,  The  Chimes  (which  Dickens  presented  to  his 
son),  Bleak  House,  and  Our  Mutual  Friend. 

Four  copies  of  the  First  Edition  of  Sketches  by  "Boz"  are 
in  this  sale — one  a  presentation  copy  from  Dickens,  one  in 
the  original  binding,  one  in  parts  with  the  very  rare  insertions, 
the  Address  to  the  Public  and  the  "Boz"  Proclamation,  and 
the  fourth,  a  rebound  copy,  with  five  signed  pencil  sketches 
by  Cruikshank. 

Three  copies  of  the  First  Edition  of  Oliver  Twist  in  the 
original  brown  cloth  are  here,  and  also  the  octavo  edition  in 
the  original  wTappers  and  the  first  American  edition.  There 
are  three  copies  also  of  the  First  Edition  of  Nicholas  Nickleby, 
one  in  the  original  parts  with  an  original  pencil  drawing  by 
"Phiz";  one  a  presentation  copy,  and  one  an  extra-illustrated 
copy  which  contains  an  autograph  letter  from  Dickens.  One 
copy  of  Master  Humphrey 's  Clock  is  in  the  original  88  weekly 
parts  and  another  is  bound  with  a  complete  set  of  the  plates 
and  two  extra  plates. 

The  Pic-Nic  Papers  contains  six  of  the  original  pencil  draw- 
ings by  "Phiz."  There  are  two  copies  of  American  Notes, 
each  the  first  issue  and  one  a  presentation  copy  to  Carlyle  who 
WTote  his  name  on  the  fiy-leaf  of  each  volume  and  inserted  his 
bookplate.  Three  copies  of  A  Christmas  Carol  are  very  inter- 
esting; one  is  a  very  early  copy  of  the  first  issue  and  the 
others  are  presentation  copies  from  Dickens. 

The  ]\Iartin  Chuzzlewit,  Dombey  and  Son,  David  Copper- 
field,  Little  Dorrit,  A  Tale  of  Two  Cities,  Our  Mutual  Friend, 
and  the  Edwin  Drood  are  all  fine  copies  in  the  original 
\vTappers.  There  are  two  copies  of  the  First  Edition  of  Pic- 
tures from  Italy  in  the  original  blue  cloth,  and  one  conta.ins 
a  presentation  inscription  from  Dickens  to  Douglas  Jerrold. 
One  of  the  Christmas  Books  contains  an  inscription  to  Mrs. 
Maria  Winter,  who  was  the  Dora  of  David  Copperfield.  There 
are  fine  copies  of  the  second,  third,  and  fourth  issues  of  The 
Battle  of  Life,  and  two  copies  of  the  First  Edition  of  Sunday 


Under  Three  Heads — one  of  the  scarcest  of  the  minor  books  by 
Dickens — and  one  of  these  is  a  presentation  copy. 

The  Original  Manuscript  of  Used  Up,  on  which  Dickens 
wrote  the  names  of  those  who  appeared  in  the  comedietta  with 
him,  and  on  which,  in  fifteen  places,  he  has  made  additions 
and  corrections,  is  a  very  interesting  item.  The  Original 
Manuscript,  wholly  in  Dickens's  hand  (14  pages,  8vo),  of  the 
Speech  at  Gore  Plouse  is  very  important,  for  the  manuscript 
contains  nearly  twice  as  many  words  as  the  printed  version. 
The  very  fine  copy  of  the  First  Edition  of  the  Village 
Coquettes  contains  the  original  autograph  dedication  by 
Dickens.  A  very  desirable  association  item  is  Dickens's  own 
copy  of  his  Readings,  which,  being  printed  specially  for  him 
in  large  type,  was  used  by  him  in  his  public  appearances. 

Dickens's  own  copy  of  Johnson's  Dictionary;  the  copy  of 
George  Eliot's  first  book  in  which  Dickens  wrote  his  name; 
the  Playbills  of  Mr.  Nightingdale 's  Diary  and  The  Frozen 
Deep,  in  both  of  which  Dickens  acted;  the  Letterbook  of  All 
the  Year  Round  with  impressions  of  six  long  letters  by 
Dickens,  a  Broadside  of  the  Great  International  Walking- 
match,  a  large  number  of  extremely  interesting  and  important 
Autograph  Letters,  beginning  in  1834  and  running  almost  to 
the  time  of  his  death  in  1870,  are  among  the  other  many 
important  items  in  the  sale.  Attention  should  be  called  also 
to  the  ten  pieces  of  furniture  which  Dickens  used  at  Gads 
Hill,  which  the  admirers  of  Dickens  will  find  interesting  addi- 
tions to  their  collections.  Mr.  Coggeshall  has  also  included  in 
the  sale  an  arm  chair  which  President  Lincoln  used  in  the 
White  House. 


THACKERAY  COLLECTION 

The  First  Editions  of  Thackeray  which  Mr.  Coggeshall  col- 
lected embrace  nearly  everything  he  wrote  and  many  of  them 
are  in  very  fine  condition.  Vanity  Fair  is  in  the  original 
parts,  and  with  it  are  Thackeray's  original  drawing  in  colors 
of  Becky  Sharp  and  a  fine  autograph  letter.  The  Pendennis 
and  the  Virginians  are  also  in  the  original  parts.  Two  copies 
of  the  Newcomes  are  in  the  sale ;  one  is  in  the  original  yellow 
wrappers  and  the  other,  which  has  been  beautifully  bounds 
contains  the  presentation   inscription   "From  the  Author's 


Mother."  The  First  Edition  of  the  English  Humourists  has 
a  presentation  inscription  from  Thackeray;  the  Esmond  is  in 
the  original  cloth  with  the  paper  labels,  and  the  Barry  Lyndon, 
which  many  esteem  as  the  author's  greatest  novel,  was  Thack- 
eray's own  copy  and  contains  his  autograph.  The  copy  of 
Homes  of  American  Authors  is  extremely  interesting,  for  it 
was  presented  to  Thackeray  by  Mr.  George  P.  Putnam,  and 
it  not  only  contains  Mr.  Putnam's  inscription  but  Thackeray's 
autograph,  his  stamp,  and  seven  original  pencil  sketches  by 
him,  so  that  it  is  an  association  book  of  the  highest  interest  to 
American  collectors.  The  copies  of  Yellowplush,  Paris  Sketch 
Book,  and  Second  Funeral  of  Napoleon,  and  the  complete  set 
of  the  Comic  Almanac  are  in  fine  condition.  Two  exceedingly 
desirable  copies  of  Mrs.  Perkins's  Ball  are  in  the  sale;  one 
of  them  was  owned  by  Dickens  and  the  other  contains  an 
original  drawing  by  Thackeray  and  his  presentation  inscrip- 
tion to  Lady  Duff  Gordon,  so  that  it  is  perhaps  the  most 
valuable  item  in  the  Thackeray  collection. 

The  original  sketches  and  autograph  letters  by  Thackeray 
are  very  interesting  and  important.  The  demand  for  the 
drawings  constantly  increases  and  such  letters  as  are  here 
offered  rarely  come  on  the  market."  The  letter  which  Thack- 
eray wrote  to  Mrs.  Browning  apologizing  for  declining  to 
print  one  of  her  poems  is  one  of  the  most  remarkabl-e  letters 
in  the  whole  field  of  literature. 


BOOKS  AND  AUTOGRAPHS 

The  Miscellaneous  Books  in  this  sale  include  many  First 
Editions  of  more  than  twenty-five  distinguished  authors, 
among  them  Aldrich,  ]\Irs.  Browning,  Bryant,  Carlyle,  George 
Eliot,  Emerson,  Hawthorne,  Holmes,  Longfellow,  Lowell, 
Motley,  Reade,  Stevenson,  Tennyson,  and  Whittier.  Many  of 
these  books  are  inscribed  presentation  copies  and  others  con- 
tain valuable  autograph  letters.  Among  the  other  rarities  in 
this  division  are :  Cicero's  Cato  Major  as  printed  by  Franklin ; 
books  from  Hawthorne's  library ;  a  presentation  copy  of  Table 
Talk  by  Leigh  Hunt  with  his  inscription ;  a  complete  set  of 
Kate  Greenaway's  Almanacs;  Longfellow's  copy  of  Haw- 
thorne's Passages  from  English  Note  Books;  a  presentation 


copy  by  Irving  of  his  Sketch  Book;  a  complete  set  of  Punch 
from  1841  to  1915— nearly  2,000  numbers ;  First  Editions  of 
Tennyson  with  autographic  additions  and  of  Whittier  with  in- 
scriptions; the  first  issue  of  the  Edinburgh  edition  of  Burns 's 
Poems  with  an  Autograph  Letter  Signed  by  the  poet;  Words- 
worth's copy  of  Robert  Greene's  Poems;  a  presentation  copy 
of  one  of  Walpole  's  ibooks ;  The  Graver  and  the  Pen  by  Steven- 
son— the  only  genuine  issue  offered  in  several  years ;  the  First 
Edition  of  Poe's  Raven  and  a  copy  of  his  Tales  with  an  ex- 
tremely interesting  autograph  letter;  a  presentation  copy  of 
Outre-^Ier  from  Longfellow  to  Lowell ;  the  large-paper  copy 
of  the  Autocrat  of  the  Breakfast  Table  which  Holmes  inscribed 
and  presented  to  Dickens,  and  a  copy  of  the  Principal  Speeches 
by  the  Prince  Consort  with  a  very  touching  presentation  in- 
scription by  Queen  Victoria. 

Extra-illustrated  Books  form  an  important  part  of  the  col- 
lection. ]\rrs.  Gaskell's  Cranford,  Mrs.  Jackson's  Ramona,  and 
Irving 's  Knickerbocker  have  been  beautifully  illustrated  with 
hundreds  of  original  water-color  sketches  by  W.  H.  Drake.  The 
Life  of  Irving,  in  three  volumes,  has  been  extended  to  seven 
by  the  insertion  of  about  400  portraits,  views,  and  autograph 
letters.  Irving 's  Life  of  Washington,  originally  in  five  volumes, 
has  been  extended  to  thirteen  by  the  addition  of  hundreds  of 
rare  portraits,  views,  and  maps,  so  that  it  is  not  only  a  Life  of 
Washington  but  a  magnificent  pictorial  history  of  the  struggle 
in  which  he  was  the  leader.  The  volumes  are  bound  in  mag- 
nificent style.  Most  important  of  all,  however,  is  Mr.  Cogge- 
shall's  copy  of  Battles  and  Leaders  of  the  Civil  War,  which 
has  been  extended  from  four  volumes  to  twenty-five.  More 
than  1,700  engraved  portraits,  views,  and  maps  and  more  than 
900  autograph  letters  and  documents  have  been  added.  This 
copy  was  extra-illustrated  originally  by  Augustin  Daly,  but 
when  !Mr.  Coggeshall  acquired  it  he  revised  it  thoroughly,  re- 
moving many  illustrations  and  letters  which  had  little  relation 
to  the  text  and  adding  more  than  600  choice  selections  of  his 
own.  It  is  by  far  the  most  beautifully  embellished  copy  of 
this  work  that  has  ever  been  offered. 

The  Autograph  material  in  ]\Ir.  Coggeshall's  consignment, 
in  addition  to  that  already  referred  to,  is  interesting  and 
important.  A  Book  of  Hours  of  the  Fifteenth  Centurv^  is 
rendered  doubly  valuable  by  the  beautiful  binding  by  Clovis 
Eve.     Sixteen  Autograph  Letters  Signed  by  Lincoln,  Grant, 

7 


FarrcOgut,  Stanton,  and  others  are  in  a  handsome  bindmg  and 
would  adorn  the  finest  collection  of  Civil  War  material ;  eight 
of  the  letters  are  by  Lincoln  and  Grant.  A  series  of  eight 
personal  letters  by  George  Eliot  written  in  1878  and  a  volume 
containing  the  autograph  letters  of  nearly  fifty  distinguished 
English  authoresses  are  very  interesting.  The  collection  con- 
tains hundreds  of  letters  by  soldiers,  statesmen,  and  literary 
celebrities,  and  many  of  these  letters  are  very  important.  The 
full  Autograph  Letter  Signed  by  William  Penn,  the  founder 
of  Pennsylvania,  will  appeal  to  collectors  of  Americana. 


ORDER   OF  SALES 


Tuesday  Afternoon,  April  25,  1916,       .  .  Nos.        1-206 

Miscellaneous  Books  and  Autographs.  Lots     1-  68 
Writings  of  Dickens,           .         .          .  69-185 

Dickensiana,        .....  186-206 


Wednesday  Afternoon,  April  26,  1916.  .  Nos.  207-412 

Dickensiana,       .  .         .          .          .  207-236 

Autograph  Letters  by  Dickens,  .  237-303 

Miscellaneous  Books  and  Autographs,  304-412 


Thursday  Afternoon,  April  2  7,  1 9 1 6,     .  .  Nos.  4 1  3-622 

Miscellaneous  Books  and  Autographs,  413-512 

First  Editions  of  Thackeray,       .         .  513-577 

Sketches    and    Autograph  Letters    by 

Thackeray,  ....  578-594 

Miscellaneous  Books  and  Autographs,  595-622 


CONDITIONS  OF  SALE. 


1.  All  bids  to  be  per  Lot  as  numbered  in  the  Catalogue. 

2.  Tlie  highest  bidder  to  be  the  buyer;  in  all  cases  of  disputed  bids  the 
lot  shall  be  resold,  but  the  Auctioneer  will  use  his  judgment  as  to  the 
good  faith  of  all  claims  and  his  decision  shall  be  final. 

3.  Buj-ers  to  give  their  names  and  addresses  and  to  make  such  cash 
payments  on  account  as  may  be  required,  in  default  of  which  the  lots 
pui'chased  to  be  immediately  resold. 

4.  Goods  bought  to  be  removed  at  the  close  of  each  sale.  If  not  so 
removed  they  will  be  at  the  sole  risk  of  the  purchaser,  and  subject  to 
storage  charges,  and  The  Anderson  Galleries,  Incorporated,  will  not  be 
responsible  if  such  goods  are  lost,  stolen,  damaged  or  destroyed. 

5.  Terms  Cash.  If  accounts  are  not  paid  at  the  conclusion  of  each 
sale,  or,  in  the  case  of  absent  buyers,  when  bills  are  rendered,  this 
Company  reserves  the  right  to  recatalogue  the  goods  for  immediate 
sale  without  notice  to  the  defaulting  buyer,  and  all  costs  of  such  resale 
will  be  charged  to  the  defaulter.  This  condition  is  without  prejudice 
to  the  rights  of  the  Company  to  enforce  the  sale  contract  and  collect 
the  amount  due  without  such  resale  at  its  own  option.  Unsettled  ac- 
counts are  subject  to  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum. 

6.  All  books  are  sold  as  catalogued,  and  are  assumed  to  be  in  good 
secoiid-Iiaud  condition.  If  material  defects  are  found,  not  men- 
tioned  in  the  catalogue,  the  lot  may  be  returned.  Notice  of  such 
defects  must  be  given  promptly  aud  the  goods  returned 
within  ten  days  from  the  date  of  tlie  sale.  No  exceptions 
will  be  made  to  this  rule.  Magazines  and  other  periodicals,  and  all 
miscellaneous  books  arranged  in  parcels,  are  sold  as  they  are  without 
recourse. 

7.  Autograph  Letters,  Documents,  Manuscripts  and  Bindings  are  sold 
as  they  are  without  recourse.  The  utmost  care  is  taken  to  authen- 
ticate and  correctly  describe  items  of  this  character,  but  this  Company 
will  not  be  responsible  for  errors,  omissions,  or  defects  of  any  kind, 

8.  liids.  We  make  no  charge  for  executing  orders  for  our  custom- 
ers and  use  all  bids  competitively,  buying  at  the  lowest  price  permitted 
by  other  bids. 

Bools  and  Autographs  on  Puhlic  Exhibition  from  April  15 

Priced  Copy  of  this  Catalogue  may  be  secured  for  $1.50 

THE   ANDERSON    GALLERIES 

incorporatkd 

Madison  Avenue  at  Fortieth  Street,  New  York. 

Telephone,  Murray  Hill  7680.  Catalogues  on  request. 


Sales  Conducted  by  Mr.  Frederick  A.  Chapman. 


DICKENS  AND  THACKERAY  COLLECTIONS 


MR.  EDWIN  W.  COGGESHALL 

OF  NEW  YORK 


FIRST  SESSION 

Tuesday  Afternoon,  April  25,  1916,  at  2:30  o'clock 
Lots  I  to  206 

1.  ADAMS  (JOHN  QUINCY).  Oration  on  the  Life  and 
Character  of  Gilbert  Motier  de  Lafayette,  Dee.  81,  1834.  8vo, 
original  roan.  Wash.  1835 

*  Presentation  inscription  on  a  slip,  in  Adams's  writing: 
"Alexander  Porter  from  John  Quincy  Adams." 

2.  AGASSIZ  (J.  L.  R.,  Scientist).  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo,  Cam- 
bridge, Aug.  23,  1871.  To  Geo.  B.  Upton,  soliciting  funds  to 
enable  him  to  collect  and  preserve  sea  specimens  while  on  an 
expedition  with  the  U.  S.  Coast  Survey. 

3.  AINSWORTH  (W.  H.,  Author).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo, 
Kensal  ^Manor  House,  May  31,  1845.  To  G.  P.  R.  James,  en- 
closing notice  of  "The  Smuggler." 

4.  ALDRICH  (THOMAS  BAILEY).  Out  of  his  Head,  a 
Romance.    12mo,  original  cloth.  N.  Y.  1862 

*  First  Edition,  with  the  autograph  of  the  author  written 
on  fly-leaf,  also  an  address  cut  from  a  package  in  his  autograph 
pasted  in. 

5.  ALDRICH  (THOMAS  BAILEY).  The  Queen  of  Sheba. 
First  Edition.    12mo,  cloth.  Bost.  1877 

6.  ALDRICH  (THOMAS  BAILEY,  Poet).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p. 
8vo.  Boston,  Sept.  28,  1886 ;  also  Autograph  Sentiment,  I  p. 
4to,  n.  d.    2  pieces. 

7.  ALDRICH  (THOMAS  BAILEY).  Wyndham  Towers. 
First  Edition.     12mo,  cloth,  vellum  back,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Bost.  1890 

*  Inscribed  with  a  quotation  by  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich. 

8.  AMERICAN  AUTHORS.  A.  L.  S.  and  4  line  verse  of 
Bayard  Taylor,  signed,  186;}  and  1865;  5  line  verse  by  R.  H. 
Stoddard,  signed,  1866;  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  and  6  line  verse,  signed 
by  John  G.  Saxe,  1869  and  1861.    6  pieces. 


9.  AMERICAN  CELEBRITIES.  L.  S.  of  Roscoe  Conkling, 
1872;  A.  L.  S.  of  S.  S.  Cox,  1875;  Autograph  Signature  of 
Rufus  Choate;  Autograph  signature  of  Peter  Cooper;  and 
others.     10  pieces. 

10.  AMERICAN  STATESMEN.  Signature  of  Sam  Hous- 
ton; Reverdy  Johnson,  Statesman  and  Diplomat,  A.  L.  S., 
2  pp.  1864;  Senator  Geo.  F.  Hoar,  A.  L.  S. ;  and  others. 
19  pieces. 

11.  ANDREWS  (WILLIAM  LORING).  Gossip  About 
Book  Collecting.  Numerous  illustrations,  some  finely  colored 
in  facsimile  of  the  originals.  2  vols.  8vo,  wrappers,  richly- 
gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut.  N.  Y.  1900 

*  One  of  only  125  copies  on  Holland  paper. 

12.  ANDREWS  (WILLIAM  LORING).  Bibliopegy  of 
the  United  States,  and  kindred  Subjects.  With  numerous  fine 
facsimiles  in  black  and  colors.  8vo,  original  boards,  gilt  top, 
uncut.  N.  Y.  1902 

*  One  of  146  copies  on  Holland  paper. 

13.  ASTOR  (JOHN  JACOB).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to,  New- 
York,  May  13,  1813.  To  D.  Parish,  Philadelphia.  Fine  busi- 
ness letter. 

14.  ASTOR  (JOHN  JACOB).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  May 
18th,  1827.  To  Mr.  McKeeney.  Business  letter,  concluding 
with  an  invitation  to  dinner.    Worn  in  folds. 

15.  AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  OF  LINCOLN,  GRANT, 
FARRAGUT,   STANTON,   HALLE CK  and  PALMER.     A 

Collection  of  16  Autograph  Letters  Signed  of  Abraham  Lin- 
coln, Ulysses  S.  Grant,  Admiral  D.  G.  Farragut,  Edwin  M. 
Stanton,  H.  W.  Halleck,  and  James  C.  Palmer.  Neatly 
mounted  in  one  volume,  4to,  full  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt 
borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Walters.  1862-1864 

LINCOLN  (ABRAHAM).  A.  L.  S.  1  p.  4to.  Executive  Mansion, 
March  29,  1863.  To  Maj.-Gen.  Banks.  "Hon.  Daniel  Ullmann,  with  a 
commission  of  Brigadier-General,  and  two  or  three  hundred  other  gentle- 
men as  officers,  goes  to  your  department  and  reports  to  you,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  raising  a  colored  brigade.  .  .  .  The  necessity  of  this  is  palpable. 
...  7  shall  be  very  glad  if  you  rvill  take  hold  of  the  matter  in  earnest," 
etc.     (Somewhat  stained.) 

LINCOLN  (ABRAHAM).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  Executive  Mansion, 
Sept.  19,  1863.  To  Ma.i.-Gen.  Banks.  "In  strong  hopes  that  you  have 
the  old  flag  flying  in  Texas  by  this  time,  we  are  about  sending  you  Gen. 
Hamilton  to  act  as  Military  Governor  there.  I  believe  you  know  him; 
but  it  can  do  no  harm  for  me  to  say  I  really  believe  him  to  be  a  man  of 
worth  and  ability;  and  one  who,  by  his  acquaintance  there,  can  scarcely 
fail  to  be  efficient  in  re-inaugurating  the  National  authority,"  etc. 

LINCOLN  (ABRAHAM).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  4to.  Executive  Mansion, 
Nov.  5,  1863.  To  Maj.-Gen.  Banks.  "Three  months  ago  I  wrote  you 
about  Louisiana  affairs,  stating  on  the  word  of  Gov.  Shepley,  as  I  under- 
stood him,  that  Mr.  Durant  was  taking  a  registry  of  citizens,  preparatory 
to  the  election  of  a  constitutional  convention  for  that  State.  I  now  have 
his  letter  .  .  .  saying  that  he  is  not  taking  such  registry.  .  .  .  Thii  dis- 
appoints me  bitterly;  yet  I  do  not  throw  blame  on  you  or  them.     I  do 

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however  urge  both  you  and  them,  to  lose  no  more  time.  There  is  danger, 
even  noiu  that  the  adverse  element  seeks  insiduously  to  preoccupy  the 
ground.  If  a  few  professedly  loyal  men  shall  draw  the  disloyal  about 
them,  and  colorably  set  up  a  State  government,  repudiating  the  emancipa- 
tion proclamation,  and  re-establishing  slavery,  I  cannot  recognize  or  sus- 
tain their  worJc,"  etc. 

LINCOLN  (ABEAHAM).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Executive  Mansion, 
Dec.  2,  1864.  To  Maj.-Gen.  Banks.  "/  know  you  are  dissatisfied,  which 
pains  me  very  much,  but  I  wish  not  to  be  argued  with  further,  I  entertain 
no  abatement  of  confidence,  or  friendship  for  you.  I  have  told  you  why 
I  can  not  order  Gen.  Canby  from  the  Department  of  the  Gulf.  .  .  .  Yet 
I  do  believe  that  you,  of  all  men,  can  best  perform  the  part  of  advanc- 
ing the  new  State  government  of  Louisiana,  and  therefore  I  liave  wished 
you  to  go  and  try,"  etc. 

GRANT  (ULYSSES  S.).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  Svo,  March  23,  1863.  To 
Admiral  Earragut.  "In  the  various  notes  I  have  written  including  the 
dispatch  for  Gen.  Banks,  I  have  not  mentioned  that  soon  after  taking 
command  here  in  person,  I  collected  my  stirplus  troops  at  Lake  Provi- 
dence and  directed  the  commanding  officers  to  effect  a  passage  through 
from  the  Miss.  Biver  to  Bayou  Macon.  .  .  .  This  is  now  reported  prac- 
ticable for  ordinary  Ohio  river  steamers. 

"I  sent  several  weeks  ago  for  this  class  of  steamers  and  expected 
them  before  this.  Should  they  arrive  and  Admiral  Porter  gets  his  boats 
out  of  the  Yazoo  so  as  to  accompany  the  expedition  I  can  send  a  force 
of  say  20,000  effective  men  to  co-operate  with  Gen.  Banks  at  Port  Hudson. 

' '  This  force  tvill  easily  reduce  Port  Hudson, ' '  etc. 

GRANT  (ULYSSES  S.).  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  4to.  Before  Vicksburg, 
March  23cl,  1863.  To  Maj.-Gen.  Banks.  A  fine  long  letter,  giving  an 
account  of  his  plans,  progress  of  the  canal,  and  stating  that  he  could 
send  20,000  men  to  co-operate  in  the  reduction  of  Port  Hudson.  "This 
experiment  failing  there  is  nothing  left  for  me  but  to  collect  all  my 
strength  and  attack  Hains  Bluff.  This  will  necessarily  be  attended  with 
much  loss  but  I  think  it  can  be  done,"  etc. 

GRANT  (ULYSSES  S.).  Near  Vicksburg,  June  30,  1863.  To  Maj. 
Gen.  Banks. 

"/  confidently  expected  that  Vicksburg  tvould  have  been  in  our  pos- 
session before  this,  leaving  me  able  to  send  you  any  force  that  might  be 
required  against  Port  Hudson.  .  .  .  I  have  sent  into  Louisiana  to  learn 
the  movements  of  Kirby  Smith,  but  as  yet  hear  nothing  definite,"  etc. 

GRANT  (ULYSSES  S.).  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  4to.  Vicksburg,  July  21, 
1863.  To  Brig.-Gen.  J.  P.  Stern,  Port  Hudson.  Regarding  the  estab- 
lishing of  mail  facilities.  "Sherman  has  forced  Johnston  to  retreat 
from  Jackson  Eastward.  He  will  lose  half  his  army.  .  .  .  Sherman  tele- 
graphs me  the  people  are  completely  subdued.  They  acknowledge  the 
loss  of  the  Southern  cause, ' '  etc. 

PARRAGUT  (D.  G.).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  Svo.  Steamer  Sachem,  on  the 
Atchafalaya  River,  May  8,  1863.  To  Maj.-Gen.  Banks.  "It  has  turned 
out  as  I  expected.  Porter  took  Alexandria  before  your  troops  got  there. 
.  .  .  but  thank  God  it  is  taken  and  now  is  the  time  to  keep  the  stampede 
on  them.     The  sooner  we  get  Port  Hudson,  the  better,"  etc. 

PARRAGUT  (D.  G.).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  F.  S.  Monongahela,  May  2.5, 
1863.  To  Maj.-Gen.  Banks.  "I  heard  such  a  firing  back  of  Port  Hudson 
yesterday  that  I  thought  you  were  making  your  attack  and  so  moved  up 
luith  the  ships  aihd  opened  on  the  Forts.  .  .  .  hearing  nothing  more  of 
yo^ir  firing,  we  ceased  firing  after  bombarding  them  2  hours.  .  .  .  We  will 
be  ready  whenever  you  say  you  are  ready,  or  ive  hear  the  great  fire  of 
the  Artillery,"  etc. 

The  remainder  of  the  letters  are  all  on  War  matters.  Ac- 
companying the  original  Letters,  is  a  volume  containing  type- 
written copies  of  the  collection,  hound  in  half  blue  levant 
morocco. 

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LETTERS  BY  ENGLISH  WOMEN  WRITERS. 

16.  AUTO(iRAPHS.  A  collection  of  upwards  of  forty-five 
A.  L's  S.,  etc.,  of  English  authoresses,  inlaid,  with  portraits, 
in  quarto  sci'ap  hook,  half  straight-o:rain  red  morocco,  g.  e. 

*  A  very   interesting  collection  which   includes  among  others,  the 

followinfj : 

A<niiLAR  (Grace).     4  pp.  Svo,  n.  tl.     On  religion. 

Baillie  (Joanna).  .3  pp.  4to.  .July  22,  184,5.  To  Mrs.  Sigourney. 
Mentions  Rogers,  Mrs.  Sigourney 's  writings,  etc. 

Barbai'ld  (Mrs.).  2  pp.  4to,  n.  d.  To  Johnson,  the  publisher. 
Literary. 

Blessingtox  (Lady).     3  pp.  Svo.    July  18,  1844.     Literary. 

Clarke  (Mary  Cowdex).  One  page  4to.  Jan.  15,  1852,  to  J.  Car- 
son Brevoort. 

Cooke  (Fajza).  Auto.  Poem  signed.  "On  the  Death  of  a  favourite 
old  Hound.*'     3  pp.  4to. 

Craik  (D.  M.,  author  of  "John  Halifax").    Auto,  poem  and  letter. 

Fry  (Mrs.).     4  pp.  folio.    Leipzig,  April  4,  1840. 

He-maxs  (Felicia).    3  pp.  4to.    MS.  Poem,  "Angels'  Visits." 

Ixgelow  (Jeax).   5  pp.  8vo.   To  Mr.  Strahan.   Mentions  Euskin,  etc. 

Jameson  (Mrs.).    4  pp.  Svo,  n.  d.    Literary. 

Landon   (L.   E.).     Auto,  poem,  "Daybreak."     One  page  4to. 

Marry  AT   (Florexce).     2  pp.  Svo,  to  Tinsley  the  publisher. 

Martineau  (Harriet).     One  page  Svo.     (1850.) 

MiTFORD  (Miss).     4  pp.  12mo,  n.  d. 

More  (Hanxah).    2  pp.  4to,  n.  d.   • 

NoRTOx  (Hex.  Mrs.).  4  pp.  Svo.  To  Mrs.  Gladstone  on  the  death 
of  her  husband. 

Oliphaxt  (Mrs.).    3  pp.  Svo,  n.  d.    Literary. 

Thackeray  (Anxe,  i.e.,  Mrs.  Eitchie).     2  pp.  Svo.     Tuesday. 

17.  AT'TOGRAPHS.  A.  S.  of  Thomas  Fro^nall  Dibdin. 
June  6,  1823:  David  Wilkie,  A.  S.,  June  12,  1823;  Thomas 
Raffles,  A.  S.,  June  12.  1823;  George  Birkbeck,  June  14,  1823; 
William  Brooks,  A.  S.,  with  statement:  "The  Foundation 
Stone  of  the  London  Institution  ^Moontields  was  laid  Novem- 
ber 4,  1816,"  June  16,  1823.    5  signatures  on  one  sheet, 

18.  AUTOGRAPHS  AND  PORTRAITS.  F.  ^I.  Finch. 
A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  Photo,  portrait  of  "John  Darby";  J.  W. 
Draper,  3  portraits;  William  W.  Belknap,  Secretary  of  War. 
A.  S.,  and  one  portrait,  some  inlaid  or  mounted.    7  pieces. 

19.  BANCROFT  (GEORGE,  Author).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  Svo. 
New  York,  Jan.  2,  1855.  To  AVashington  Irving;  also  A.  L.  S., 
1  p.  4to.  Boston,  Dec.  11,  1842.  Speaks  of  Andrew  Jackson 
and  Tennessee.    2  pieces. 

20.  [BARIIAM  (R.  H.).]  I ngoldsby  Legends.  Illustrated 
with  the  fine  .s< ri(s  of  etched  plates  hij  George  Cruiksliank  and 
Jejhu  Le<ch.    3  vols.  Svo.  half  red  morocco,  gilt  tops. 

Ijond.:  Bentley,  1840-47 
*  The  very  rare  First  Issue  op  each  Series,  with  the 
l)Iank  leaf  at  p.  236  of  volume  one.  A  most  interesting  asso- 
ciation item,  being  a  presentation  copy  from  the  Author  to 
George  Cruikshank,  with  the  inscription  in  the  latter 's  hand  on 
half-title:  "Geo.  Cruikshanl-  from  the  Author.  N.  B.  only  two 
etrhiuf/s  bi/  G.  C.  in  this  vol."  Presumably  Cruikshank  pre- 
sented the  volumes  to  Lord  Granville,  as  they  were  sold  with 
his  library  at  Sotheby's  in  1892,  and  each  volume  contains  his 
armorial  bookplate. 

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21.  BARNUM  (H.  L.).  The  Spy  Unmasked;  or,  Memoirs 
of  Enoch  Crosby,  alias  Harvey  Birch,  the  Hero  of  ^Ir. 
Cooper's  Tale  of  the  Neutral  Ground.  6  illustrations.  First 
Edition.     8vo,  half  calf  (rubbed,  some  pages  foxed). 

*  Scarce.  N.  Y.  1828 

22.  BATTLES  AND  LEADERS  OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR. 
Edited  by  Robert  Underwood  Johnson  and  Clarence  Clough 
Buel.  Illustrated.  Extended  from  four  to  twenty-five  vol- 
umes, imperial  8vo,  half  levant  morocco,  gilt  tops. 

N.  Y.:  The  Century  Co.,  1887 
*  Extra-illustrated    with    1722    engraved    portraits,    views, 

MAPS,  ETC.,  with  921  AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS,  SIGNATURES,  DOCUMENTS, 
ETC.,   ALL   OF   WHICH   ARE    OF   THE   UTMOST    INTEREST   AND   HISTORICAL 

IMPORTANCE.  The  work  was  originally  extra-illustrated  for  Aiigiistin 
Daly,  and  the  present  owner  carefully  revised  it,  eliminating  many 
illustrations  and  autograph  letters  which  bore  no  relation  to  the  text 
and  adding  about  500  illustrations  and  autographs,  and  an  Index  of 
the  extra-illustrations. 

It  is  almost  impossible  to  present  an  adequate  idea  of  the  value 
of  this  monumental  work.  It  contains  some  of  the  most  intimate 
and  private  correspondence  of  those  actively  engaged  in  the  Civil 
War,  including  letters  exhibiting  the  condition  of  affairs  prior  to 
the  actual  opening  of  hostilities;  preparations  for  the  probable  seces- 
sion of  the  States;  arrangements  for  border  protection,  defences, 
ammunition,  and  stores,  with  correspondence  of  Southern  representa- 
tives in  Washington  who  were  working  to  prepare  for  war  while 
still  holding  their  seats  in  the  Senate  and  the  House. 

The  portraits  are  those  of  nearly  every  man  of  prominence  during 
this  critical  period  of  American  history.  There  are  various  impres- 
sions, many  of  which  are  proofs,  Japan  paper  copies,  and  wash 
drawings,  including  a  particularly  fine  one  of  Lincoln. 

The  autographic  portion  of  this  most  comprehensive  work  includes 
5  specimens  by  Abraham  Lincoln,  12  by  Kobert  E.  Lee,  6  by 
Jefferson  Davis,  8  by  General  Grant,  8  by  General  Sherman, 
7  by  Gen.  Beauregard,  4  by  Gen.  Johnston,  5  by  "Stonewall" 
Jackson,  etc.,  etc.,  besides  autograph  letters  from  practically  every 
officer  of  importance,  in  both  the  Union  and  Confederate  Armies. 

Some  of  the  more  important  contents  are:  Original  Resolutions 
regarding  the  attitude  of  North  Carolina  towards  Secession ;  A.  L.  S. 
of  Edmund  Ruffin,  who  is  said  to  have  fired  the  first  shot  at  Fort 
Sumter ;  Gov.  Pickens  to  Gen.  Ripley,  regarding  a  submarine ;  very 
fine  letter  of  Robert  Anderson,  the  defender  of  Fort  Sumter, 
'dated  Feb.  9,  1861,  regarding  conditions  there;  Louis  T.  Wigfall, 
referring  to  the  possible  secession  of  Virginia;  Stephen  D.  Lee, 
ordering  ammunition  for  Morris  Island,  April  9,  1861;  Gustavus 
V.  Fox,  A.  L.  S.,  WITH  THE  Secret  History  of  the  Attempt  to 
relieve  Fort  Sumter;,  important  letter  of  R.  B.  Rhett  to  his  son, 
under  date  of  Feb.  11,  1861,  in  which  he  says:  "I  have  telegraphed 
to-day  to  Bobert  Barnwell  that  if  Davis  does  not  take  the  Fort 
(Sumter)  very  shortly  we  will  be  disgraeed.  We, — the  State — are 
disgraced  already,"  etc.;  Alexander  II.  Stephens,  A.  L.  S.,  the  final 
three  pp.  relating  to  the  entry  of  Kansas  into  the  Union;  autograph 
signature  of  John  Brown;  G.  T.  Beauregard,  A.  L.  S.  to  Gen.  Van 
Dorn,  inviting  him  to  inspect  the  southern  side  of  Bnll  Run,  dated 
Nov.  26,  1861 ;  J.  D.  Imboden,  Original  MS.  8  pp.  4to,  "How  'Stone- 
wall' Jackson  wa.s  wounded  at  Bull  Run";  James  K.  Polk,  A.  L.  S., 

1  p.  4to,  to  J.  F.  H.  Claiborne;   Gen.  Gideon  J.  Pillow,  A.  L.  S., 

2  pp.  4to,  Oct.  ]9,  1861,  regarding  the  fortifications  at  Columbus, 
Ky. ;  Franz  Sigel,  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  dated  from  Fairfax  C.  H.  Oct. 
8,  1862,  to   Gov.   Morgan;   Sam   Houston,  to   Hon.  J.   A.   Quitman, 

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autographed  twice;  John  Ross,  Cherokee  Chief,  fine  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp. 
folio,  relating  to  Indian  affairs.  Rare;  U.  S.  Grant,  1  p.  4to. 
Cairo,  Nov.  6,  1861,  to  Col.  J.  Cook,  on  War  matters;  Maj-Gen. 
William  Nelson,  A.  L,  S.,  1  p.  4to,  McMinnville,  Tenn.,  Aug.  7, 
1862,  to  Admiral  Farragut,  fine  letter  (Nelson  was  mortally  shot 
by  Gen.  Jefferson  C.  Davis  the  following  month) ;  Maj.-Gen.  Thomas 
W.  Sherman,  A.  L.  S.,  11  pp.  4to,  Carrolton,  Dec.  2,  1862,  to  Maj. 
Geo.  C.  Strong,  on  War  matters;  David  Dudley  Porter,  A.  L.  S., 
3  pp.  4to,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  27,  1862,  to  Henry  A.  Wise;  Comte  de  Paris, 
L.  S.,  4  pp.;  G.  T.  Beauregard,  L.  S.,  4  pp.  4to,  Charleston,  S.  C, 
Oct.  7,  1863,  to  Gen.  Braxton  Bragg,  pine  letter,  advising  against 
the  attack  against  Rosecrans,  "our  resources  are  fast  getting  ex- 
hausted," etc.;  Jefferson  Davis,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to,  Richmond,  Sept, 
14,  1861,  to  Gov.  Letcher,  Gov.  of  Va. :  "You  may  he  assured  that 

1  adhere  to  my  fixed  determination  not  to  have  conflict  with  the 
governors  of  the  states,  and  in  all  things  to  seek  for  that  cordial 
co-operation  with  them  which  alone  can  enable  vs  to  succeed  in  our 
present  struggle";  "Stonewall"  Jackson,  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo, 
Sharpsburg,  Sept.  16,  1862,  to  Miss  Fairfield,  "I  have  received  the 
nice  brealfast  for  which  I  am  indebted  to  your  kindness,"  etc.; 
Geri.  Kirby  Smith,  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to,  Knoxville,  Aug.  13,  1862,  to 
Gen.  Braxton  Bragg;  G.  T.  Beauregard  to  Gen.  Van  Dorn,  Corinth, 
May  8,  1862,  1  p.  4to,  A.  L.  S.,  giving  instructions  regarding  attack 
of  the  enemy;  Gen.  Braxton  Bragg  to  Gen.  Van  Dorn,  L.  S.,  1  p. 
4to,  Chattanooga,  Aug.  27,  1862,  advising  him  of  his  movements; 
Gen.  U.  S.  Grant  to  Gen.  Van  Dorn,  Lagrange,  Nov.  19,  1862, 
A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to,  regarding  exchange  of  prisoners;  U.  S.  Grant 
to  Brig.-Gen.  Quimby,  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  Dee.  28,  1862,  A.  L.  S., 

2  pp.  4to,  fine  war  letter;  Robert  E.  Lee,  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to,  San 
Antonio,  Texas,  Dec.  7,  1860,  to  Maj.  Van  Dorn,  with  a  very  curi- 
ous expression:  "Gen.  Johnston  also  writes  me  that  the  Sec.  has 
determined  to  give  us  some  of  the  funds  .  ...  so  I  hope  we  shall  be 
Comfortable  while  ^?^  the  Union,"  etc.;  Mrs.  Abraham  Lincoln,  9 
A.  L's  S.,  mainly  4  pp.  each,  written  from  Chicago,  Frankfurt-a- 
Main,  and  Marienbad,  from  Oct.  5,  1865,  to  May  27  [1870];  one 
letter  refers  to  Thaddeus  Stevens,  and  speaks  of  his  * '  evil  and  most 
malignont  nature"  in  regard  to  her  affairs;  Maj.-Gen.  Winfield 
Scott  Hancock,  to  Gen.  Grant,  2  pp.  A.  L.  S.;  Gen.  G.  A.  Custer, 
A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to;  Brig.-Gen.  Joshua  W.  Sill,  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  8vo, 
to  his  mother.  Camp  near  Nashville,  March  16,  1862;  Andrew 
Johnson,  as  Military  Gov.  of  Tennessee,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to,  Aug.  5, 
1862;  Jefferson  Davis,  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo,  Richmond,  Sept.  21, 
1861,  to  Gov.  Letcher  of  Va.,  referring  to  War  matters;  Abraham 
Lincoln,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  Executive  Mansion,  Nov.  17,  1864;  to 
Judge  Advocate  General,  regarding  a  prisoner  at  Fort  Warren; 
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30.  BRONTE  (CHARLOTTE).  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  8vo.  Nov. 
9th,  1860. 

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Eugene  Sue  and  refers  to  Cardinal  Wiseman  as  "that  holy 
man."  Signed  "Currer  Bell."  A  long  and  unusually  inter- 
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31.  BRONTE  (CHARLOTTE).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp. 8vo.  August 
3rd,  1852.  To  "Dear  Ellen"  and  speaking  of  her  father's 
partial  recovery  from  a  stroke  of  paralysis,  also  state  of  her 
own  health. 

32.  BROWNING  (ELIZABETH  BARRETT).  Poems,  by 
Elizabeth  Barrett  Barrett.  First  Edition.  2  vols.  16mo,  full 
crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut, 
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nal Autograph  Manuscript  of  a  Poem,  "Little  Mattie, "  in 
seven  12-line  stanzas,  signed  in  full  "Elizabeth  Barrett 
Browning."  Written  upon  three  sides  of  thin  notepaper, 
with  a  few  erasures  over  which  the  amendments  have  been 
written.  Laid  in  is  a  list  of  the  differences  between  the  origi- 
nal MS.  and  the  works  as  published  in  1890.  The  whole  en- 
closed in  a  full  green  levant  morocco  solander  case,  by  Riviere. 

34.  BROWNING  (E.  B.  AND  R.).  Autograph  Card.  1  p. 
8vo,  Signed  by  each.  London,  Oct.  21,  1856.  Sending  "the 
most  earnest  wishes  for  the  success  of  the  Woman's  Hospital 
in  New  York." 

35.  BRYANT  (WILLIAM  CULLEN).  Poems.  12mo, 
original  printed  boards,  uncut.  Cambridge,  1821 

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the  author,  sending  photographs  to  the  Sanitary  Fair.  Maier 
copy. 

36.  BRYANT  (WILLIAM  CULLEN).  A  Forest  Hymn. 
Illustrated.    Small  4to,  cloth,  gilt  edges.  N.  Y.  [1860] 

*  First  Issue,  with  "  C.  A.  Alvord,  Printer,  New  York, ' ' 
on  verso  of  title.  Inserted  is  a  page  of  Bryant's  auto- 
GEAPH  MS.,  and  on  the  back  of  the  leaf  the  words,  "The 
Groves  were  God's  first  temples,"  and  his  autograph  signa- 
ture repeated  twice.  The  MS.  refers  to  the  opening  of  the 
Philadelphia  Exhibition  of  1876:  "An  address  of  no  great 
length  will  be  delivered  by  General  Hawley.  .  .  .  The  Hymn 
of  Whittier,  a  Qiutlcer  poet,  writing  for  a  fair  in  a  Quaker 
city,  will  be  sung."  etc. 

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printed.]     12mo,  cloth,  lettered  on  the  side.  [N.  Y.  1864] 

*  The  rare  first  issue,  with  the  second  line  in  the  fourth 
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light." Only  a  small  number  were  printed  for  distribution 
among  the  author's  friends.  Autograph  Presentation  copy 
from  the  author,  with  inscription:  "For  Mrs.  M.  A.  B.  Ken- 
nedy with  the  compliments  of  William  Cullen  Bryant,  March 

I  1877." 

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38.  BUCHANAN  (JAMES,  President).  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo. 
Washington,  30  May,  1836.    To  Asbury  Dickens, 

39.  BURNS  (ROBERT).  Poems,  Chiefly  in  the  Scottish 
Dialect.  Portrait  of  Burns  engraved  by  Beugo  after  Nasmyth. 
8vo,  original  calf  neatly  rebacked,  in  a  brown  levant  morocco 
solander  case,  with  silk  inner  cover,  by  Sangorski  &  Sutcliffe. 

Edinburgh:  Printed  for  the  author,  1787 

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title,  list  of  subscribers  bearing  the  name  "Boxburgh, "  and 
the  misprints  "stinking"  and  "haggis"  on  page  263. 

Inserted  is  an  A.  N.  S.  by  the  author,  addressed  to  Mrs. 
Miller.  With  the  bookplate  of  ' '  Willm.  Currie,  M.D., ' '  and 
presentation  inscription  of  Hugh  Corrie.  These  men  were 
probably  relatives  of  James  Currie  (or  Curry),  the  editor  and 
biographer  of  Burns. 

40.  BURR  (AARON).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  26  Dec.  [1797]. 
Mentions  Canada  and  Indiana. 

41.  BURRITT  (ELIHU,  'The  Learned  Blacksmith'). 
A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  New  Britain,  Conn.,  Dec.  13,  1861.  May 
lecture  on  a  plan  of  adjustment  and  re-union. 

42.  CALDECOTT  (RANDOLPH).  The  Great  Panjan- 
drum; The  Pox  Jumps  over  the  Parson's  Gate;  A  Frog  He 
Would  a-Wooing  Go ;  Hey  Diddle  Diddle ;  Ride  a-Cock  Horse ; 
Come  Lassies  and  Lads ;  Mrs.  Mary  Blaize ;  The  Milkmaid ; 
The  Farmer 's  Boy ;  Three  Jovial  Huntsmen ;  The  Mad  Dog ; 
The  Babes  in  the  Wood ;  Sing  a  Song  for  Sixpence ;  The  Queen 
of  Hearts ;  The  House  that  Jack  Built ;  John  Gilpin.  Numer- 
ous colored  and  tinted  plates.  16  vols,  small  4to,  original 
glazed  wrappers  (a  few  backs  worn).  Lond.  [1878-1885] 

*  Complete  set  of  Caldecott  's  4to  illustrated  books,  some  of 
which  are  scarce. 

43.  CALHOUN  (JOHN  C,  Vice-Pres.).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp. 
4to.  Washington,  3rd  Dec,  1823.  To  the  Hon.  I.  Tallmadge. 
"It  is  thought  here  that  the  Radical  cause  is  desperate." 

44.  CARLYLE  (THOMAS).  Passages  in  the  Life  of  a 
Radical.  By  Samuel  Bamford.  2  vols.  16mo,  cloth.  In  a  blue 
morocco  case.  Hey  wood  [1843] 

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gards. T.  Carlyle,  Chelsea,  24  April  1863."  John  Welch  was 
an  uncle  of  Mrs.  Carlyle. 

45.  CARLYLE  (THOMAS).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  4to.  "5  Cheyne 
Row,"  Chelsea,  London,  2nd  Jany.,  1846. 

*  Very  fine  specimen  to  A.  Hart,  of  Carey  Hart,  the  Phila- 
delphia publishers.  Speaks  of  "Mr.  Emerson  of  Concord"  and 
in  acknowledging  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  says,  "I  accept  this 
money,  therefore,  as  a  very  gratifying  proof,  that  there  are 
men,  not  very  frequent,  alas  either  on  our  side  of  the  water 
or  on  yours  who  do  not  need  the  constable  to  do  what  beseems 
them  in  matters  of  traffic,"  etc. 

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46.  C ARLYLE  ( THOMAS) .  Shooting  Niagara :  and  After  ? 
First  Edition.    12mo,  vellum,  gilt  edges.  Lond.  1867 

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many  regards;    T.  C.  {Chelsea,  1867)." 

47.  GARY  (ALICE  AND  PHOEBE).  The  Josephine 
Gallery.  Illustrated  ivith  numerous  fi7ie  colored  portraits. 
First  Edition.  8vo,  original  cloth  gilt,  gilt  edges.     N.  Y.  1859 

*  Contains  ' '  Suburban  Boniance ' '  by  Charles  Dickens.  Also, 
"Paul  Pyne,  Actor  and  Gentleman,"  by  Aldrich;  "Bertram, 
the  Lime-burner,"  by  Hawthorne,  and  others. 

48.  CLAY  (HENRY).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to.  Washington, 
2  July,  1832;  also  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.    Phila.,  29th  Nov.,  1835. 

Two  pieces. 

*  Political  and  personal. 

49.  CLEMENS  (SAMUEL  L.,  'Mark  Twain').  A.  L.  S., 
2  pp.  8vo.    Elmira,  N.  Y.,  May  8  [no  year]. 

*  Directions  to  his  carpenter.     Good  framing  specimen. 

50.  CLEMENS  (SAMUEL  L.).  Life  on  the  Mississippi. 
Illustrated.    8vo,  half  morocco.  Bost.  1883 

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his  publisher  referring  to  the  book. 

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4to.  Albany,  5  Sep.,  1817.  To  James  Tallmadge,  appointing 
him  Brevet  i\Iaj.-Gen.  Also  Commission  to  F.  Daniels,  1  p.  4to. 
30th  April,  1821.    2  pieces. . 

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nature of  John  B.  Gough,  1862 ;  A.  N.  S.  of  Kate  S.  Bateman, 
12mo,  1862 ;  and  4  others.    7  pieces. 

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with  envelope.  To  Chas.  Kent.  London,  July  21,  1884.  "My 
book  is  finished,"  etc. 

64.  COOPER  (JAMES  FENIMORE).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to. 
Otsego  Hall,  Cooperstown,  Oct.  18,  1838.  To  James  E.  Root. 
Replying  to  request  for  autograph  (right  margin  of  leaf  torn 
away,  affecting  final  words  of  the  line). 

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of  James  T.  Bradv.  1  p.  1863 ;  A.  L.  S.  of  Jacob  Abbott,  1  p. 
1862;  Two  A.  N's  S.  of  Mrs.  James  T.  Field,  1898.    5  pieces. 

56.  CRUIKSHANK  (GEORGE).  Sir  Lionel  Flamstead 
and  his  Friends.    Proof  on  India  paper.    8vo. 

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Charles  Dickens,  George  Dalby,  and  William  Harrison  Ains- 
worth. 

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Myddleton  Terrace,  June  1,  1824.  To  Hessey,  the  publisher. 
Personal.  Choice  framing  specimen,  with  large,  bold  sig- 
nature. 

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58.  CRUIKSHANK  (GEORGE).  Letters  on  Demonolagy 
and  Witchcraft,  addressed  to  J.  G.  Lockhart.  By  Sir  Walter 
Scott.  12  full-page  etchings  hy  Geo.  Cruikshank.  12ino,  full 
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59.  CRUIKSHANK  (GEORGE).  Thackeray  (W.  M.). 
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minster Review).  With  numerous  illustrations  of  his  works. 
Svo,  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.  1840 

60.  CRUIKSHANK  (GEORGE).  Table-Book.  Edited  by 
G.  A.  a 'Beckett.  Etched  plates  and  wood  engravings  in  the 
text  1)1/  G.  Cruikshank.  8vo,  three-quarters  blue  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt  back,  gilt  edges,  original  green  cloth  covers  bound 
in,  by  Tout.  Lond. :  Punch  Office,  1845 

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Table-Book.  Edited  by  Gilbert  a 'Beckett.  Illustrated  hy 
George  Cruiksliank.  First  Edition.  8vo,  in  the  original 
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matic tooling.  Lond.  1845 

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cloth  case.  Lond.  1854 

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Staten  Island,  Oct.  2'5',  1864.  To  Mr.  Coggeshall,  regarding 
the  coming  election.  "I  believe  that  .  .  .  Mr.  Lincoln  .... 
will  be  re-elected  by  an  immense  majority,"  etc. ;  A.  N.  S.,  1  p. 
Svo,  Staten  Island,  Sept.  23,  1862.  Enclosing  a  page  from 
Winthrop's  "Life  in  the  Open  Air";  Autograph  Manuscript, 
2  pp.  4to.    Review  of  ' '  The  New  Gospel  of  Peace. ' '    3  pieces. 

64.  GUSHING  (CALEB,  Statesman).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to, 
1843,  referring  to  his  expedition  to  China;  A.  N.  S.  of  Lewis 
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13  pieces. 

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67.  DE  QUINCEY  (THOMAS,  Author).  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp. 
8vo.    Thursday  evening,  n.  d. 

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sorry  tJuit  I  said  something  by  mere  accident  when  I  called 
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Meister  ....  But  I  had  no  intention  to  depreciate  any  con- 
temporary author." 

68.  DICKENS  (CATHERINE,  Wife  of  the  Novelist). 
A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  Svo.  11th  May,  1858.  To  Mr.  Watkins,  re- 
questing a  photograph  of  Mr.  Maclise ;  also,  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo. 
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FIRST  AND  OTHER  EDITIONS  OF  THE  WRITINGS  OF 
CHARLES  DICKENS. 

69.  SKETCHES  BY  "BOZ,"  Illustrative  of  Every-Day 
Life,  and  Every-Day  People.  First  Series,  2  vols. ;  Second 
series,  1  vol.  26  etchings  hy  Gearge  Cruikshank.  3  vols,  post 
Svo,  original  dark  green  and  pink  cloth,  edges  uncut  (hinges 
of  first  series  with  small  repairs,  corners  rubbed). 

Lond. :  John  Macrone,  1836-7 

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teriorly. A  set  of  this  first  printed  book  of  Charles  Dickens 
is  now  very  hard  to  find  in  original  uncut  condition  in  the  pub- 
lisher's binding.  The  second  series  has  "Vauxhall  Gardens" 
as  frontispiece  and  contains  list  of  illustrations.     Very  scarce 

SET. 

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original  pink  cloth,  uncut  (hinges  somewhat  worn,  slightly 
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Lond. :  John  Macrone,  1837 

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previous  lot,  by  having  the  "Seven  Dials"  plate  as  frontis- 
piece; only  13  lines  under  "Contents"  on  page  [VII]  instead 
of  17  lines;  and  being  without  list  of  illustrations  on  page 
VIII.  This  contains  more  errors  and  shows  less  evidence  of 
proof-reading  than  any  other  of  Dickens's  works. 

71.  SKETCHES  BY  "BOZ,"  Illustrative  of  Every-Day 
Life,  and  Every-Day  People.  First  series,  2  vols.;  Second 
series,  1  vol.  26  illustratiom  hy  George  Cruikshank.  First 
Editions.  3  vols,  small  Svo,  full  red  crushed  levant  morocco, 
gilt  backs  and  borders,  gilt  tops,  original  limp  cloth  covers 
and  backs  bound  in,  by  Root.  Lond.  1836-7 

*  Inserted  are  five  pencil  sketches  by  George  Cruik- 
shank, each  signed  by  the  artist  and  bound  opposite  the  etched 
plate.  A  note  in  each  volume  states  that  these  plates  were 
purchased  at  the  Truman  sale.  In  First  series  are  the  fol- 
lowing sketches,  The  Bloomsbury  Christening,  Gabriel  Parson's 
Courtship,  and  The  Lock-up  House;  Second  series  contams, 
Vauxhall  Gardens  by  Day,  and  Mr.  Mimms  and  His  Cousin. 
The  Hinkley  copies,  with  book-plates. 

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WEITINGS   OF   CHAELES  BICKERS— Continued. 

72.  SKETCHES  BY  "BOZ."  Being  A  Continuation  of 
''Watkins  Tootle,  and  Other  Sketches."  12mo,  half  red  mo- 
rocco, gilt  top  (text  somewhat  foxed). 

Phila. :  Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1837 

*  First     American     Edition     of    the     Second     Series     of 
"Sketches  by  Boz." 

73.  SKETCHES  BY  "BOZ."  Illustrative  of  Every-Day 
Life  and  Every-Day  People.  40  etchings  hy  George  Cruik- 
shank.  New  Edition,  Complete.  In  20  original  parts,  8vo, 
pink  wrappers  designed  by  Cinikshank,  edges  uncut  (8 
wTappers  repaired  and  strengthened  and  2  wrappers  not 
original).    In  crimson  levant  morocco  case,  gilt  lettered  back. 

Lond.  1837-9 

*  First  Edition  in  octavo  and  First  in  parts.  The  plates 
used  in  earlier  editions  are  here  re-etched,  excepting  the  ' '  Free 
and  Easy"  plate,  which  was  suppressed.  The  "Baloon"  and 
' '  Public  Dinner ' '  plates  represent  Dickens,  Cruikshank,  Chap- 
man, and  Hall.  All  the  plates  from  "Greenwich  Fair"  to  the 
end  have  publisher's  name  in  this  first  issue:  in  later  issues 
the  name  was  erased.  This  copy  contains  both  of  the  very 
rare  insertions,  which  are  considered  the  finest  ' '  point ' '  of  the 
issue :  the  ' '  Address ' '  to  the  public,  in  part  2 ;  and  the  * '  Boz ' ' 
Proclamation  in  part  5. 

Very  desirable  copy  of  this  extremely  scarce  work. 

74.  SKETCHES  BY  ''BOZ."  Illustrative  of  Every-Day 
Life  and  Every-Day  People.  40  etched  plates  hy  George 
Cruikshank.  8vo,  full  crushed  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt 
tooled  back  and  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Bedford.       Lond.  1839 

*  Author's  Presentation  Copy.  Inscription  on  title  in 
Dickens 's  autograph,  ' '  Frederick  Salmon  Esquire,  from,  Charles 
Dickens.  Thirtieth  December  1841."  Fine  copy,  with  all  the 
plates  in  beautiful  condition. 

75.  SUNDAY  Under  Three  Heads.  As  it  is;  As  Sabbath 
Bills  would  Make  it;  As  it  Might  be  made.  By  Timothy 
Sparks.  3  woodcut  plates  and  3  vignettes  on  title,  reproduced 
on  front  wrapper,  hy  Phiz.  16mo,  half  leather,  original  front 
cover  bound  in  (cover  stained,  last  page  mounted). 

Lond.  1836. 

*  First  Edition.  Presentation  copy  from  Charles  Dickens, 
with  inscription  in  his  autograph,  ' '  Thomas  Mitton  Esq.,  From, 
The  Author."  Mitton  was  an  early  friend  of  Dickens  during 
the  latter 's  law-clerk  days.  In  a  red  levant  morocco  case,  gilt 
lettered. 

76.  SUNDAY  Under  Three  Heads.  As  it  is;  As  Sabbath 
Bills  would  Make  it;  As  it  Might  be  made.  By  Timothy 
Sparks.  3  ivoodcut  plates  and  3  woodcut  vignettes  on  title 
(reproduced  on  wrapper),  hy  H.  K.  Browne.  16mo,  original 
drab  wrappers  (rebacked,  front  cover  somewhat  worn,  frontis- 
piece very  slightly  torn  into).  In  a  green  levant  morocco  case, 
gilt  tooled,  by  Wood,  London.  Lond.  1836 

*  First  Edition.  The  earliest  and  one  of  the  scarcest  of  all 
the  minor  books  of  Dickens. 

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WHITINGS   OF   CHARLES   DICKENS— Coniintterf. 

77.  THE  STRANGE  GENTLEMAN.  A  Comic  Burletta, 
in  Two  Acts.  By  "Boz."  First  Performed  at  the  St.  James's 
Theatre  on  Thursday,  September  29,  1836.  Small  8vo,  origi- 
Hcal  wrappers,  uncut,  in  crushed  crimson  morocco  solander 
case,  with  inside  cloth  folder. 

[Lond.]  :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1837 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  First  Edition.    Very  Rare. 

78.  THE  VILLAGE  COQUETTES:  A  Comic  Opera,  in 
two.  acts.  The  Music  by  John  Hullah,  interleaved  throughout. 
8vo,  full  calf,  gilt  back  and  borders,  gilt  top,  by  Riviere. 

Lond.:  Richard  Bentley,  1836 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with 
inscription  on  title,  "J.  P.  HarJey,  Esquire.  From  his  Faith- 
f^iUy,  Charles  Dickens,"  to  whom  tlie  work  was  dedicated.  A 
colored  frontispiece,  proof  before  letters,  by  Pailthorpe  is 
inserted.     Choice  copy. 


THE  ORIGINAL  AUTOGRAPH  DEDICATION  TO 
"THE  VILLAGE  COQUETTES." 

79.  ORIGINAL  AUTOGRAPH  MANUSCRIPT  of  the 
Dedication  of  "The  Village  Coquettes"  to  John  Pritt  Harley, 
Manager  of  the  St.  James  Theatre.  Entirely  in  Dickens's 
writing.  1  p.  4to,  dated,  "December  1836,"  and  signed 
"Boz." 

*  An  Important  and  Interesting  Dickens  MS.  When 
printed,  the  full  signature  "Charles  Dickens"  appeared  at  the 
foot,  instead  of  "Boz"  as  in  the  MS.;  also  the  day  of  the 
month  was  supplied. 

Harley  not  only  produced  the  play,  but  acted  in  it,  in  the 
character  of  Martin  Stolces,  and  in  dedicating  the  book  to  him 
Dickens  says:  "My  dramatic  bantlings  are  no  sooner  born  than 
you  father  them.  You  have  made  my  strange  gentleman  ex- 
clusively your  oivn  ;  you  have  adopted  Martin  Stokes  with  equal 
readiness ;  and  you  still  profess  your  willingness  to  do  the  same 
kind  office  for  all  future  scions  of  the  same  stock,  no  matter 
how  mimerou^  they  may  be;  or  how  quickly  they  may  be  fol- 
lowed in  succession. 

"I  dedicate  to  you  the  first  play  I  ever  published  and  you 
made  for  the  first  play  I  ever  wrote.  The  balance  is  in  your 
favor,  and  I  am  afraid  it  will  remain  so." 

It  appears  that  in  reading  the  proof,  Dickens  caused  to  be 
omitted  the  sentence:  "A'o  matter  how  numerous  they  may  be 
or  lioiv  quickly  they  may  be  followed  in  succession." 

80.  THE  VILLAGE  COQUETTES:  A  Comic  Opera.  In 
Two  Acts.  The  ^lusic  by  John  Hullah.  8vo,  full  wine  color 
crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  Riviere. 

Lond.:  Richard  "Bentley,  1836 

*  A  fine  copy  of  the  rare  First  Edition  of  Dickens  first  play. 

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WEITINGS   OF   CHAELES   DIGKEl^Q— Continued. 

81.  WATKINS  TOTTLE,  and  Other  Sketches,  illustrative 
of  Every-Day  Life  and  Every-Day  People.  By  Boz.  2  vols. 
12ino,  original  boards,  cloth  backs  (some  leaves  somewhat 
foxed,  autograph  of  Artemas  Bigelow  in  each  volume). 

Phila, :  Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1836 

*  First  American  Edition,  published  without  plates,  and  be- 
lieved by  many  bibliographers  to  have  been  issued  before  the 
bound  English  Edition,  ' '  Sketches  by  Boz. ' ' 

FLNEST  COPY  OF  "PICKWICK"  EVER  OFFERED. 
WITH  A  PAGE  OF  THE  ORIGINAL  MANUSCRIPT. 

82.  THE  POSTHUMOUS  PAPERS  of  the  Pickwick  Club, 
containing  a  Faithful  Record  of  the  Perambulations,  Perils, 
Travels,  Adventures  and  Sporting  Transactions  of  the  Corre- 
sponding Members,    Edited  by  "Boz."    43  first  impressions 

OF    THE    ORIGINAL    PLATES    BY    SeYMOUR,    BuSS    AND    "PhIZ." 

First  Edition.  20  parts  in  19,  8vo,  all  in  original  green 
pictorial  wrappers  as  issued,  edges  uncut  (contemporary  name 
on  five  titles,  one  front  cover  mounted,  two  numbers  skilfully 
re-backed).  In  silk-lined,  hinged  case  of  crushed  green  levant, 
gilt-tooled  back  and  panels,  with  catch-lock. 

Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1836-37 

*  The  accompanying  page  of  original  manuscript  contains  a 
portion  of  the  humorous  Christmas  Chapter  (Ch.  28),  describ- 
ing the  wedding  breakfast  and  how  Mr.  Pickwick  listens  to 
the  reminiscences  of  old  Mrs.  Wardle.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
that  the  paragraph,  "Then  the  cake  was  out,  and  passed 
through  the  ring ;  the  young  ladies  saved  -pieces  to  put  under 
their  pillows,"  etc.,  is  written  on  the  back  of  the  manuscript 
as  an  insert,  thus  indicating  that  the  famous  passage  was  an 
afterthought.  Of  the  entire  manuscript  of  ' '  Pickwick, ' '  only 
some  thirty  pages  are  in  existence,  and  after  the  lapse  of 
eighty  years,  it  is  extremely  unlikely  that  other  portions  can 
be  found,  as  manuscripts  of  Dickens,  who  was  then  quite  un- 
known, naturally  went  with  the  publisher's  waste  paper.  The 
page  of  ' '  Pickwick ' '  manuscript,  with  its  very  few  corrections, 
shows  the  remarkable  facility  with  which  Dickens  wrote  at 
this  period,  contrasted  with  the  labored  efforts  evident  in  later 
manuscripts. 

This  copy  of  "Pickwick"  is  unquestionably  the  most  inter- 
esting and  the  most  nearly  perfect  ever  offered  at  public  sale. 
With  the  exceptions  mentioned,  it  is  crisp  and  fresh  through- 
out, with  the  plates  as  entirely  free  from  foxing  as  when 
"pulled"  from  the  copper.  All  the  wrappers  are  of  the 
original  First  Issue,  and  all  are  dated  1836.  It  contains  also 
.  the  four  scarce  Addresses  and  all  the  advertisements  as  de- 
tailed in  collation  given  below;  the  set  of  48  additional  plates, 
comprising  the  Seymour  and  "Phiz"  duplicates  and  the  un- 

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WRITINGS  OF  CHARLES  DICKENS— Continued, 
used    plate  by  Buss;  the  wrapper  of  No.  1  of  Library  of  Fic- 
tion,  containing   the   very    scarck    Preliminary    Notice    op 
"Pickwick,"  written  by  Dickens  and  outlining  the  substance 
of  the  great  novel. 

COLLATION    OF    THE    PARTS. 

Part.  I.  Front  cover  has  "with  four  illustrations  by  Seymour";  inside 
covers  blank;  back  wrapper  commencing  "Cheap  and  Entertaining 
Periodical," — No.  1  of  "Library  of  Fiction";  page  26  is  headed 
"Posthumous  Papers,  etc."  instead  of  "Posthumour  Papers  of." 
Stitched  inside  are  the  rare  8  pages  of  "New  Works  by  Chapman 
and  Hall."  Plates:  First  and  Second  states  of  the  4  originals  by 
Seymour;  and  the  4  copies  re-etched  by  "Phiz."   (12) 

Part  II.  Front  cover  has  "with  four  illustrations  by  Seymour";  inside 
covers  blank;  back  cover  advertises  No.  2  of  the  "Library  of  Fic- 
tion" and  its  contents;  also,  the  Address  Announcing  the  Death  of 
Seymour,  facing  the  etchings.  Plates:  First  states  of  the  original 
plates  by  Seymour ;  copies  of  same  by  ' '  Phiz, ' '  with  imprints  and 
inscriptions;  and  the  first  facsimile  of  the  unused  plates  submitted 
by  Buss  in  competition  for  the  new  contract  necessitated  by  the 
death  of  Seymour.     (7) 

Part  III.  Front  cover  has  "with  illustrations  by  R.  W.  Buss";  inside 
covers  blank;  back  cover  advertises  No.  3  of  "Library  of  Fiction." 
Plates:  the  two  originals  by  Buss  (the  only  Buss  plates  used,  and 
suppressed  after  being  used  in  a  few  copies) ;  and  the  two  "Phiz" 
plates  later  substituted.     (4) 

Part  IV.  Front  cover,  as  in  all  subsequent  numbers,  has  "with  illus- 
trations ' ' ;  inside  front  cover  advertisers  ' '  Sunday  Under  Three 
Heads";  inside  back  advertisements  commence  with  "Chess  for  Be- 
ginners"; back  cover,  "Library  of  Fiction,"  only  first  three  parts. 
In  this  number  appears  the  first  ' '  Pickwick  Advertiser, ' '  4  pp.,  be- 
ginning * '  A  Popular  Treatise  on  Diet. ' '  Plates :  Has  the  two 
original  plates  signed  N-E-M-O,  the  only  time  Browne  used  this 
name;  and  the  re-etched  plates  with  imprints.     (4) 

Part  V.  Front  inside  cover,  "Sunday  Under  Three  Heads,"  &c. ;  op- 
posite appears  "Pickwick  Advertiser,"  4  pp.  dated  Aug.  1,  1836; 
inside  back  cover  advts.  commence,  "  A  Garland  of  Roses, ' '  &c. . 
Also,  at  end  of  text,  4  pp.  Bentley's  Publications;  and  the  rare 
folding  leaf,  "Rowland's  Kalydor. "  Plates:  First-  state  of  first 
plates;  and  impressions  of  the  re-etched  plates,  with  imprints.  (4). 
This  and  the  following  numbers  were  illustrated  by  Browne,  who 
hereafter  used  the  name  "Phiz." 

Pakt  VI.  Inside  covers  same  as  part  V ;  "  Pickwick  Advertiser, ' '  8  pp. ; 
back,  "Library  of  Fiction,"  part  6.  Plates:  First  set  are  fiftt 
state;  second  set  re-etched  and  have  imprint.     (4) 

Part  VII.  Inside  covers  advertise  first  volume  of  ' '  Library  of  Fiction ' ' ; 
' '  Pickwick  Advertiser, ' '  8  pp. ;  back  cover,  ' '  New  and  Splendid 
volume,"  &e.  Plates:  First  set  are  the  first  state  of  the  very  scare 
originals,  which  were  re-bitten  at  a  very  early  stage  of  publication; 
and  the  re-etched  plates  with  imprint.     (4) 

Part  VIII.  Inside  covers  occupied  by  announcement  of  completion  of 
first  volume,  "Library  of  Fiction,"  including  at  end  the  additional 
notice  of  part  8  of  same  publication,  the  presence  of  which  is  be- 
lieved to  indicate  the  earliest  issue  of  the  wrappers.  Contains  also, 
"Pickwick  Advertiser,"  8  pp.  Oct.  1,  1836;  at  end  of  text,  advt. 
of  Heneky  &  Co.  on  blue  paper;  back  wrapper  similar  to  part  7, 
with  "In  course  of  Nov."  changed  to  "Early  in  Nov."  Plates: 
set  in  first  state;  and  set  of  re-etched  plates  with  imprint.     (4) 

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WEITINGS   OF   OHAELES  DlGKEls^S— Continued. 

Part  IX.  Inside  cover  advertises  "Tilt's  Miniature  Classics"  and 
"Bartholomew  Fair";  "Pickwick  Advertiser,"  12  pp.;  28  pp. 
adverts,  at  end  of  text,  including  George  Henekey's  on  pink  paper. 
Plates:  First  state  of  originals;  and  re-etched  plates  with  imprint. 
(4) 

Part  X.  Inside  front  cover,  "Popular  Works  just  published"  (Tilt); 
"Pickwick  Advertiser,"  16  pp.;  at  end,  2  pp.  advt.  of  "EyaU's 
Portraits,"  "Frazer's  Magazine,"  &c.;  inside  back  cover,  "Pic^ 
torial  Album"  and  "Library  of  Fiction";  back  cover,  "Splendidly 
Illustrated  Works"  (Tilt).  This  number  also  contains  Dickens' 
"Address"  at  the  close  of  the  year;  and  the  "Literary  Announce- 
ment." Plates:  This  and  all  the  following  numbers  have  the  plates 
in  first  and  second  states,  which,  from  now  on,  were  published  simul- 
taneously, neither  having  imprints.  As  the  demand  for  "Pickwick" 
was  so  great  at  this  time,  the  first  and  second  plates  were  mixed 
indiscriminately,  rendering  the  completion  of  a  set  of  first  states  one 
of  obstacles  hardest  to  be  overcome  by  the  collector  of  ' '  Pickwick. ' ' 
(4) 

Part  XI.  Inside  covers  with  Ackermann's  advts. ;  "Pickwick  Adver- 
tiser," Jan.  30,  8  pp.,  disclosing  for  the  first  time  the  identity  of 
the  author  of  "Pickwick";  back  cover  with  Orr's  advt.,  "Maga- 
zine of  Domestic  Economy,"  part  20,  &c.  Plates:  Double  set  of 
plates  as  in  preceding  numlser.     (4) 

Part  XII.  Inside  front  cover,  "New  Works"  in  double  column;  "Pick- 
wick Advertiser,"  8  pp.  Feb.  28;  inside  back  cover,  "Important 
Invention";  back  cover,  Frazer's  Magazine  for  1837,  Jan.  and  Feb. 
numbers.    Plates:  Double  set  as  in  preceding.     (4) 

Part  XIII.  Inside  front  cover,  ' '  Important  Invention " ;  "  Pickwick 
Advertiser,"  16  pp.  Mar.  30;  at  end  of  text,  6  pp.  advertising 
' '  Ward 's  Miscellany, ' '  &c. ;  inside  back  cover,  ' '  Manly  Exercises ' ' ; 
back  cover,  "New  Works"  (Longman  E«es).  Plates:  Double  set 
as  in  preceding.     (4) 

Part  XIV.  Inside  front  cover,  "Lodge's  Portraits,"  &c. ;  "Pickwick 
Advertiser,"  No.  14,  24  pp.;  at  end  of  text,  Baldwin  &  Cradock's 
New  Works,  8  pp.;  inside  back  cover,  "Court  Magazine,"  April  29, 
1837;  back  cover,  "New  Works  by  Charles  Tilt."  Plates:  Double 
set  as  in  preceding.     (4) 

Part  XV.  Inside  front  cover  advertises  "Samuel  Waller's  Illustra- 
tions"; "Pickwick  Advertiser,"  No.  15,  16  pp.;  after  plates.  Ad- 
dress (4  pp.  with  advertisement),  announcing  the  resumption  of 
"Pickwick,"  which  had  "been  interrupted  by  a  severe  domestic  af- 
fliction"; at  end  of  text,  24  pp.  of  advts.  and  the  specimen  plate  of 
Beattie's  Scotland;  inside  back  cover,  "Cunningham's  Gallery"; 
back  cover,  "J.  Sanger's  Genuine  Patent."  Plates:  Double  set  as 
in  preceding.     (4) 

Part  XVI.  Inside  front  cover,  "Samuel  Weller's  Illustrations,"  parts 
1  to  3;  "Pickwick  Advertiser,"  No.  16,  8  pp.;  inside  back  cover, 
"New  Works  on  India";  back  cover,  "New  Works  in  the  Press. '^ 
Plates:  Double  set  as  in  preceding.     (4) 

Part  XVII.  Inside  front  cover,  " Chubb 's  New  Patent";  "Pickwick 
Advertiser,"  No.  18,  8  pp.;  at  end  of  text,  26  pp.  of  advertise- 
ments, beginning  with  ' '  The  Tea  Establishment ' ' ;  inside  back  cover ,^ 
"Fourth  Edition,  Sketches  of  Young  Ladies";  back  cover,  "The 
Gardeners'  Gazette."  Facing  the  plates  is  a  single  leaf  announcing 
"New  Work  by  Boz, "  and  on  verso,  advt.  of  Chapman  and  Hall. 
Plates:  Double  set  as  in  preceding.     (4) 

Part  XVIII.  Inside  cover,  "Weller's  Illustrations";  "Pickwick  Ad- 
vertiser," No.  18,  Oct,  2,  1837,  16  pp.;  at  end  of  text,  14  pp.  of 
advts.,    beginning    "New    Tea    Warehouse";    inside    back    cover, 

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WRITINGS   OF   CHARLES  DIGK'ENS— Continued. 

"Gems  of  Beauty";  back  cover,  "Splendid  Annuals"  (Tilt).  Op- 
posite plates  is  single  sheet  announcing  the  completion  of  Pickwick 
Papers,  Sept.  29,  1837,  with  Chapman  and  Hall  advt.  on  verso. 
Plates:  Double  set  as  in  preceding.  (4) 
Part  XIX  and  XX.  Inside  front  cover  "Seymour's  Popular 
Sketches";  "Pickwick  Advertiser,"  Nos.  19  and  20,  Nov.  1,  1837, 
24  pp. ;  at  end  of  text,  6  pp.  beginning  '  *  Simpson 's  Pills, ' '  fol- 
lowed by  "Mechi's  Catalogue,"  22  pp.  18rao. ;  inside  back  cover, 
"Magazine  of  Domestic  Economy";  back  cover,  "T.  Cox  Savory," 
&c.  Opposite  plates  is  single  sheet  advertising  ' '  Pickwick ' '  in  com- 
j)lete  form,  Oct.  30,  1837,  with  Chapman  and  Hall's  advt.  on  verso. 
Plates:  First  and  Second  states  of  the  four  plates,  including  the 
title-plate.     (8) 

83.  THE  POSTHUMOUS  PAPERS  of  the  Pickwick  Club. 
43  illustrations  by  R.  Seymour  and  Phiz.  8vo,  full  crushed 
green  levant,  gilt  tooled  back  and  borders,  gilt  edges,  with 
original  front  cover  of  part  1,  having  "With  Illustrations," 
bound  in.  Lond.  1837 

*  First  Edition,  with  the  "  V "  above  the  door  in  frontis- 
piece. Some  of  the  plates  are  very  slightly  spotted,  otherwise 
fine  and  crisp  copy.  Inserted  is  a  1  p.  autograph  note  by  the 
AUTHOR.  "Faithfully  Yours,  Cluirles  Dickens,  Tavistock  House 
London,  Saturday  Eleventh  November  1854,  With  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens '  compliments. ' ' 

84.  THE  POSTHU:\IOUS  PAPERS  of  the  Pickwick  Club. 
Edited  by  "Boz."  5  vols.  12mo,  original  boards,  paper  labels, 
uncut  (pp.  foxed).       Phila. :  Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard,  1836-7 

*  The  First  American  Edition,  very  scarce  in  this  state. 
Volume  one  is  printed  on  heavier  paper  than  the  other  volumes, 

85.  PICTURES  Picked  from  the  Pickwick  Papers  by 
Alfred  Crowquill.  ^1  collection  of  40  plates,  in  the  origiiwl 
lithographed  wrappers  (one  repaired  and  two  contain  correc- 
tions of  the  Part  numbers).  8vo,  in  the  10  parts  as  issued. 
Enclosed  in  crimson  levant  morocco  slip  case. 

Lond.:  Pub.  by  Ackermann  &  Co.  [1837] 

*  Rare.     The  plates  are  in  clean  condition. 

86.  THE  LIBRARY  OF  FICTION;  or,  Family  Story- 
Teller,  consisting  of  Original  Tajes,  Essays,  and  Sketches  of 
Character  [including  two,  the  Tuggs  at  Ramsgate,  and  a  Little 
Talk  about  Spring  and  the  Sweeps,  written  by  Charles 
Dickens].  Illustrated  irith  28  full-page  engravings  hy  Phiz, 
Seymour  and  Buss.  2  vols.  8vo,  full  green  crushed  levant 
morocco,  gilt  lines  and  back,  gilt  top,  uncut,  original  covers 
bound  in,  by  ^lorrell.  Lond.  1837 

*  Contains  also  contributions  by  G.  P.  R.  James,  Miss  Mit- 
ford,  Douglas  Jerrold,  Sheridan  Knowles,  and  others.  First 
Edition  of  the  second  volume. 

87.  SKETCHES  of  Young  Ladies.  By  ''Quiz.'-'  With  6 
.illustrations  by  "Phiz."  IGmo,  original  green  pictorial  boards. 

Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1837 

*  First  Edition.     Very  scarce  in  original  boards.     Fine 

COPY. 

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WEITINGS   OF   CHAELES   DlGKEl^S— Continued. 

88.  MEMOIRS  of  Joseph  Grimaldi.  Edited  by  "Boz." 
Portrait  engraved  hy  Greathatch,  and  12  spirited  etchings  bi/ 
George  Cruikshank.  2  vols.  8vo,  original  pink  cloth,  uncut 
(one  hinge  cracked,  some  plates  slightly  spotted).     Lond.  1838 

*  First  Edition.  First  issue,  with  pink  cloth  covers  and  the 
' '  Last  Song ' '  plate  without  the  border.  This  copy  contains 
no  advertisements  at  end  of  second  volume. 

89.  MEMOIRS  of  Joseph  Grimaldi.  Edited  by  "Boz." 
With  illustrations  hy  George  Cruikshank.  2  vols.  12mo,  origi- 
nal cloth  (covers  spotted,  and  one  volume  slightly  shaken), 
uncut.  Lond. :  Bentley,  1838 

*  Second  Issue  of  the  FIEST  EDITION,  with  the  border 
around  the  final  plate  ' '  The  Last  Song. ' ' 

90.  OLIVER  TWIST.  24  etched  plates  by  George  Cruik- 
shank. 3  vols,  crown  8vo,  old  half  red  morocco,  gilt  tooled  on 
backs  in  floral  design,  gilt  edges  (a  few  plates  slightly  spotted). 
In  crushed  green  levant  slip-case,  formed  in  shape  of  three 
bound  books,  gilt  tooled  and  lettered,  inlaid  floral  corners. 

Lond. :  Bentley,  1838 

*  Original  Edition,  with  shortened  title  and  Eose  and 
Oliver  plate.  Autograph  presentation  copy,  with  inscription 
by  Dickens  on  title :  ' '  Thomas  Hill  Esquire,  From  his  very 
truly,  Charles  Dickens."  Inserted  is  an  A.  L.  S.  of  1  p.  12mo, 
written  to  accompany  the  book: 

"48  Doughty  Street,  Wednesday,  March  13th/39. 

"My  Dear  Sir. -^Accept  the  Oliver  with  my  best  and  most 
cordial  wishes,  and  an  assurance  of  the  sincere  pleasure  it  gives 
me  to  count  you  among  the  number  of  my  best  wishing  friends. 

"I  have  been  in  Devonshire  on  family  business,  and  having 
reached  town  late  over-night  was  not  out  of  bed  when  your 
messenger  came  yesterday. 

"Always  believe  me,  my  dear  sir,  faithfully  yours, 

Charles  DicTcens. 

' '  Thomas  Hill,  Esquire. ' ' 

91.  OLIVER  TWIST;  or,  The  Parish  Boy's  Progress.  By 
•'Boz."  24:  plates  etched  by  George  Cruikshank.  3  vols,  post 
8vo,  original  brown  cloth,  edges  uncut  (a  few  of  the  plates 
slightly  spotted).  Lond.  1838 

*  The  very  scarce  First  Issue  of  the  First  Edition,  with 
the  first  title  and  the  rare  Fireside  Plate,  cancelled  in  all  but 
the  earliest  issue.  The  present  copy  contains  also  the  extremely 
scare  List  of  Illustrations.  This  was  inserted  in  only  a  few 
copies  of  the  first  issue,  at  the  instance  of  Dickens  himself,  as 
no  mention  of  Cruikshank  had  been  made  anywhere  in  text  or 
title.  Fine  copy,  with  text  and  covers  in  unusually  fine  con- 
dition. 

92.  OLIVER  TWIST;  or,  The  Parish  Boy's  Progress.  By 
"Boz."  24  etched  plates  by  George  Cruikshank.  3  vols,  post 
8vo,  original  brown  cloth,  edges  uncut  (some  corners  slightly 

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WEITINGS   OF   CHARLES   DlGKEiiQ— Continued. 

rubbed,  one  cover  loose,  one  plate  with  slight  repair  on  inner 
margin).  Lond. :  Richard  Bentley,  1838 

*  First  Edition.  The  scarce  first  issue,  with  title  as  above. 
The  second  issue  was  changed  to  "Oliver  Twist.  By  Charles 
Dickens."  The  present  copy  contains  the  "Fireside  Plate," 
which  was  cancelled  after  having  appeared  in  only  a  few  of 
the  earliest  issue  and  is  consequently  very  scarce. 

93.  OLIVER  TWIST,  a  Serio-Comic  Burletta,  by  Geo. 
Almar,  as  Performed  at  the  Royal  Surrey  Theatre.  Etching 
by  Pierce  Egan,  the  younger.    12mo,  new  boards,  uncut. 

Lond.  [1838] 

94.  OLIVER  TWIST.  2  vols.  12mo,  boards,  cloth  backs 
(edges  of  binding  slightly  rubbed). 

Phila. :  Lea  and  Blanchard,  1839 

*  First  American  Edition,  apparently  printed  from  the 
original  version  as  it  appeared  in  " Bentley 's  Miscellany," 
and  containing  many  of  the  portions  deleted  from  the  English 
bound  editions.  A  publishers'  note  expresses  regret  that  the 
Cruikshank  plates  have  not  yet  arrived  from  London. 

95.  OLIVER  TWIST;  or,  the  Parish  Boy's  Progress.  A 
Drama.  In  Three  Acts.  23  colored  plates  of  characters,  scenes, 
wings,  set  pieces,  etc.  12mo,  wrappers.  Text ;  small  oblong  4to, 
plates  separate.  The  w^hole  enclosed  in  a  green  morocco  case, 
by  Sangorski  &  Sutcliffe.  Lond. :  B.  Pollock,  n.  d. 

*  Very  scarce. 

96.  THE  ADVENTURES  of  Oliver  Twist.  With  24  illus- 
trations on  steel  hy  George  Cruikshank.  A  New  Edition,  Re- 
vised and  Corrected.  10  parts,  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut, 
enclosed  in  a  crimson  levant  morocco  case.  Lond.  1846 

*  Rare.  Known  to  collectors  as  the  first  octavo  edition. 
Some  of  the  backs  restored,  front  cover  of  part  10  repaired 
and  date  altered. 

97.  MORE  HINTS  on  Etiquette,  for  the  Use  of  Society  at 
Large,  and  Young  Gentlemen  in  Particular.  Illustrated  u'ith 
9  woodcuts  hy  George  Cruikshank,  mostly  with  his  initials. 
16mo,  limp  brown  ribbed  cloth,  with  gilt  design  by  Cruikshank 
on  cover  (a  few  pp.  spotted).  Lond.:  Charles  Tilt,  1838 

*  First  Edition.  The  literary  part  of  this  volume  is  at- 
tributed to  Dickens. 

98.  SKETCHES  of  Young  Gentlemen.  With  6  illustrations 
hy  "Phiz."    16mo,  original  pictorial  boards  (rebacked). 

•First  Edition.        Lond.:  Chapman  and  Hall,  1838 

99.  LIFE  AND  ADVENTURES  of  Nicholas  Nickleby.  En- 
graved portrait  of  Dickens  hy  Finden  after  Maclise,  and  39 
etched  plates  hy  "Phiz."  First  Edition.  20  parts  in  19, 
8vo,  original  green  wrappers,  uncut  (one  part  rebacked,  a  few 

30 


WEITINGS   OF   CHAELES  BIGKIINS— Continued. 

backs  slightly  worn,  name  on  one  wrapper).    Enclosed  in  two 
crimson  levant  morocco  slip-cases.  Lond.  [1838] -39 

*  Laid  in  No.  4  is  the  original  colored  pencil  drawing, 
by  "Phiz,"  (signed)  of  the  illustration:  "Newman  Noggs 
Leaves  the  Ladies  in  the  Empty  House."  Contains  the  many 
advertisements,  including  the  ' '  Notice ' '  in  No.  14,  explaining 
the  omission  of  the  two  plates  for  this  part,  and  announcing 
four  for  the  next  number. 

100.  LIFE  AND  ADVENTURES  of  Nicholas  Nickleby. 
Engraved  portrait  of  Dickens  after  Maclise,  and  39  etched 
plates  'by  "Phiz"  {H.  K.  Broivne).  8vo,  full  green  morocco, 
gilt  back  and  lined  borders,  gilt  edges,  as  issued.  With  crimson 
levant  case,  gilt  tooled  and  lettered,  by  Riviere.         Lond.  1839 

*  First  Edition.  Presentation  copy  from  Charles 
Dickens,  with  inscription  on  title  in  his  autograph,  ' '  Samuel 
Rogers  Esquire,  with  the  author's  best  regards."  .  A  very  in- 
teresting volume,  in  original  presentation  binding,  with  text 
and  covers  in  fine  and  clean  condition  and  with  clear  impres- 
sions of  the  plates.  The  combination  of  names  is  a  particu- 
larly pleasing  one,  as  "Master  Humphrey's  Clock"  was  dedi- 
cated by  Dickens  to  his  friend  Rogers. 

(See  Frontispiece.) 

101.  LIFE  AND  ADVENTURES  of  Nicholas  Nickleby. 
39  illustrations  hy  Phiz  {H.  K.  Browne),  and  engraved  por- 
trait after  Maclise.  8vo,  full  crushed  green  levant,  with 
figures  of  Dickens  characters  inlaid  in  colored  levant  on  both 
panels,  gilt  edges,  by  the  Guild  of  Women-Binders. 

Lond.  1839 

*  First  Edition.  Inserted  is  1  p.  A.  L.  S.  (initials)  of  the 
author,  relating  to  a  reading  engagement  and  mentioning 
Nicholas  Nickleby  and  Pickwick,  with  characters  from  these 
books.  Gadshill  Place,  Nov.  17,  1863,  Extra-illxjstrated 
copy,  with  over  sixty  portraits  and  plates  by  Thomas  Onwhyn, 
many  with  the  pseudonym  "Peter  Palette;  "  and  a  fine  Dickens 
portrait  by  Cruikshank,  on  India  paper, 

102.  SERGEANT  BELL,  and  His  Raree-Show.  Embel- 
lished ivith  woodcuts  by  Cruikshank,  Thompson,  Williams,  &c. 
Square  16mo,  original  cloth  covers,  gilt  (binding  somewhat 
warped).  Lond.:  Thomas  Tegg,  1839 

*  It  has  never  been  proved  that  Dickens  was  connected  with 
this  book.  It  is  known,  however,  that  at  one  time  an  agree- 
ment was  reached  by  Dickens  and  the  publisher  that  the  former 
should  undertake  the  work  for  £120.     Scarce. 

103.  SKETCHES  of  Young  Couples,  With  6  illustrations 
hy  "Phiz."    16mo,  original  green  pictorial  boards  (rebacked). 

*  First  Edition.         Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1840 

31 


WEITINGS  OF  CHAELES  DICKENS— Continued. 

104.  MASTER  HUMPHREY'S  CLOCK.  By"Boz."  With 
illustrations  by  G.  Cattermole  and  H.  K.  Browne.  First 
Edition.  In  the  original  88  weekly  parts  as  issued,  original 
white  wrappers  (a  few  slightly  torn,  and  portion  of  one  want- 
ing), uncut.  Enclosed  in  3  crimson  levant  morocco  solander 
cases.  Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1840-1841 

*  A  fine  copy  of  this  work,  in  the  most  desirable  and  scarce 
form  in  which  it  was  published. 

105.  MASTER  HUMPHREY'S  CLOCK.  Illustrations  by 
G.  Cattermole  and  H.  K.  Browne.  First  Edition.  Complete 
in  the  20  monthly  numbers.  8vo,  original  green  wrappers, 
uncut,  in  three  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco  solander  cases. 

Lond. :  Chapman  &  Hall,  1840-41 

*  Fine  copy.  With  the  many  advertisements  and  notices. 
As  is  quite  often  the  case,  a  few  of  the  backs  have  been  re- 
stored; name  on  three  of  the  wrappers. 

106.  MASTER  HUMPHREY'S  CLOCK.  With  illustra- 
tions by  George  Cattermole  and  Hahlot  Browne.  3  vols,  in 
two.  Royal  8vo,  half  morocco  (some  pp.  foxed  and  a  few 
plates  stained).  Lond.:  Chapman  and  Hall,  1840-1841 

*  First  Edition.  Bound  in  with  the  above,  is  a  complete 
SET  AND  TWO  EXTRA  PLATES  of  the  illustrations  of  Master 
Humphrey's  Clock  in  Seventy  Plates,  designed  and  etched  on 
steel  by  Thomas  Sibson.  Seldom  found  with  the  complete  set 
of  these  spirited  plates. 

107.  BARNABY  RUDGE.  Illustrated.  Royal  8vo,  full 
green  crushed  levant  morocco,  inside  gilt  borders,  gilt  edges. 

[Lond.  1841] 

*  Presentation  copy  from  Charles  Dickens.  Inserted  in 
an  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo  pasted  on  the  original  end  paper.  "Dev- 
onshire Terrace,  New  Year's  Night  1842.  Just  going.  My 
Dear  Mrs.  Smithson:  God  bless  you — best  regards  to  Smithson 
and  love  to  the  Beauteous.  ThinJc  of  us  sometimes,  and  accept 
the  enclosed  for  my  poor  saTce.  Always  faithfully  and  truly 
yaurs,     Charles  Bickens."     From  the  H.  W.  Poor  library. 

There  is  no  title-page  and  the  text  is  taken  from  the  peri- 
odical :   ' '  Master  Humphrey 's  Clock. ' ' 

108.  THE  OLD  CURIOSITY  SHOP.  Illustrations  by 
Cattermole  and  Phiz.  Royal  8vo,  full  green  crushed  levant 
morocco,  inside  gilt  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  "Wood. 

Lond.  1841 

*  Presentation  Copy  from  Charles'  Dickens,  with  in- 
scription on  title:  "Mrs.  Smitlison,  from  Charles  Dickens, 
New  Year's  Day,  1842."  This  is  the  one  volume  issue,  with 
the  pagination  of  "Master  Humphrey's  Clock." 

109.  THE  OLD  CURIOSITY  SHOP,  and  Other  Tales. 
With  7iumerous  illustrations.    8vo,  original  boards,  cloth  back. 

*  First  American  Edition.  Phila.    1841 

110.  THE  PIC-NIC  PAPERS.  By  Various  Hands.  Edited 
by  Charles  Dickens.  With  14  etchings  by  George  CruiJxshank, 
Phiz,  and  others.    First  Edition.    3  vols.  12mo,  original  green 


^^^^'Kiy^uZP^^h^z^^^ 


AMERICAN    NOTES 

FOR    GENERAL    CIRCULATION. 


Vce^ 


American  Notes 

Presented  to  Thomas  Carlyle  by  Charles  Dickens 

(See  No.  111.) 


WEITINGS   OF   CHAELES   DICKENS— CcmMnttec?. 

cloth,  uncut   (cloth  repaired),  enclosed  in  brown  levant  mo- 
rocco cases,  by  Zaehnsdorf.  Lond.  1841 

*  Dickens  wrote  the  preface  and  the  ' '  Lamplighter 's  Story, ' ' 
and  edited  the  work.  A  set  of  the  greatest  importance,  having 
inserted  six  of  the  original  pencil  drawings  by  "Phiz," 
all  of  which  differ  from  the  finished  plates,  some  materially  so. 
They  are  inserted  as  follows:  Vol  I.,  p.  101,  The  Convict;  p. 
188,  Major  Ap  Owen;  Vol.  II.,  frontispiece,  Best  Natured  Man; 
p,  145,  The  Fleshy  One;  p.  169,  Garden  Theatricals;  p.  237, 
The  Whole  Souled  Fellow.  The  drawing  of  this  last  is  entirely 
different  from  the  finished  plate. 

111.  AMERICAN  NOTES  for  General  Circulation.  2  vols. 
8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut.        Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1842 

*  First  Edition.  First  issue,  vrith  pagination  in  volume  one 
commencing  XVI. 

Presentation  copy  from  Charles  Dickens  to  Thomas 
Caklyle,  with  inscription  in  Dickens'  autograph  on  first 
half  title :  ' '  Thomas  Carlyle  \  from  j  Charles  Dickens 
I  Nineteenth  October  1842."  This  date  is  of  the  day  follow- 
ing the  publication  of  the  book. 

Thomas  Carlyle  has  written  his  name  on  fly-leaf  of  each 
volume  and  each  contains  also  his  very  desirable  book-plate. 

Few  more  interesting  associations  of  literary  names  can 
be  imagined  than  of  these  two  most  diverse  of  modern  authors. 
Dickens  frequently  expressed  his  profound  admiration  of  Car- 
lyle, saying  at  one  time,  "I  would  go  at  all  times  farther  to 
see  Carlyle  than  any  man  alive."  This  copy  is  in  beautiful 
uncut  condition,  with  the  original  brown  cloth  covers,  and  is 
enclosed  in  green  levant  morocco  case,  with  gilt  lettered  back. 
(See  Illustration.) 

112.  AMERICAN  NOTES  for  General  Circulation.  2  vols. 
8vo,  original  brown  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.  1842 

*  First  Edition.  First  issue,  with  pagination  beginning  at 
XVI.  This  occurs  through  the  suppression  of  the  Introduc- 
tion after  the  first  sheets  had  been  printed  and  numbered 
and  no  re-pagination  having  been  made  until  the  second  issue. 
Rare  in  this  very  choice  condition. 

113.  AMERICAN  NOTES  for  General  Circulation.  First 
American  Edition  as  published  in  "The  New  World."  Small 
folio,  half  morocco  (lacks  the  facsimile  of  the  $50  note). 

N.  Y.  1842 

*  Very  Scarce.    Issued  the  same  year  as  the  English  Edition. 

114.  AMERICAN  NOTES  for  General  Circulation.  With 
frontispiece  hy  C.  Stanfield.    12mo,  half  calf,  gilt  back. 

Lond.  1850 

*  Presentation  copy  from  Charles  Dickens  to  Edward 
A.  Marsh,  Philadelphia,  with  autograph  note  of  5  lines,  and 
envelope  addressed,  both  in  Dickens's  autograph,  inserted. 
Mounted  on  back  of  frontispiece  is  an  autograph  slip,  also  by 
Dickens,  ' '  Faithfully  Yours,  Charles  Dickens,  Eighth  Septem- 
her,  1853."  With  several  newspaper  cuttings  relating  to 
Dickens  pasted  on  preliminary  leaves. 

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WETTINGS  OF  CHARLES  DIOKENS— Continued. 

115.  NEW  WORK  by  Boz.  American  Notes,  For  General 
Circulation.  Brother  Jonathan  Extra  Number.  November  7, 
1842.    4to,  original  yellow  wrappers  (worn).  N.  Y.  1842 

*  Issued  the  same  year  as  the  First  Edition. 

116.  QUOZZIANA:  or,  Letters  from  Great  Goslington, 
Mass.,  giving  an  Account  of  the  Quoz  Dinner,  and  other 
matters.  By  Sampson  Short-and-Fat.  [Samuel  Kettell.] 
12mo,  boards,  morocco  back,  original  ^Tappers  bound  in. 

Bost. :  William  White  &  H.  P.  Lewis,  1842 

*  First  Edition.  A  parody  on  the  dinner  given  to  Dickens 
in  Boston  (See  Lot  117.)  Holmes  is  called  Dr.  Sampson,  and 
his  poem  is  parodied.     Extremely  Scarce. 

117.  REPORT  of  the  Dinner  given  to  Charles  Dickens,  in 
Boston,  Februry  1st,  1842.  12mo,  boards,  morocco  back, 
original  wrappers  bound  in. 

Bost.:  William  Crosby  and  Co.,  1842 

*  First  Edition.  Very  Scarce.  Contains  in  addition  to  the 
Speech  by  Dickens,  Toasts  by  R.  H.  Dana,  Jr.,  Washington 
Allston,  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  and  others,  with  an  original 
Poem  by  Holmes,  Letter  from  Washington  Irving,  etc. 

118.  A  CHRISTMAS  CAROL.  In  Prose.  Being  a  Ghost 
Story  of  Christmas.  4  colored  etchings  and  other  woodcuts, 
hy  John  Leech.  16mo,  original  brown  cloth,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 
With  case  of  crimson  straight-grain  morocco.  Lond.  1843 

*  Genuine  First  Issue,  with  the  brown  cloth  binding,  title 
printed  in  blue  and  red,  and  "Stave  1"  on  page  1.  Presen- 
tation   COPY  FROM   THE   AUTHOR,   WITH   AUTOGRAPH   INSCRIPTION 

ON  HALF  TITLE,  "Albany  Fonhlanque,  Esquire,  from  Charles 
BwTcens,  Seventeenth,  December  1843."  Interesting  association 
copy  of  two  distinguished  literary  men  and  of  their  life-long 
friendship. 

This  is  probably  one  of  the  earliest  copies  printed,  as  the 
volume  appeared  only  a  few  days  before  the  Christmas  of  1843. 

119.  A  CHRISTMAS  CAROL.  In  Prose.  Being  a  Ghost 
Story  of  Christmas.  With  4  etched  plates,  colored,  and  4 
woodcuts  in  the  text  hy  John  Leech.  First  Edition.  12mo, 
original  reddish-brown  cloth,  gilt  edges. 

Lond.:  Chapman  and  Hall,  1844 

*  One  of  the  rarest  issues  of  the  First  Edition,  known  as 
the  "Experimental  Issue,"  with  the  title  printed  in  red  and 
green,  and  with  the  yellow  end  papers.  After  a  very  few 
specimens  had  been  produced,  this  color  combination  was  re- 
jected by  Dickens  in  favor  of  the  red  and  blue  title  and  the 
green  end  papers.  Although  dated  1844,  these  experimental 
copies  were  printed  in  November  and  December,  1843.  This 
copy  verifies  that  fact  as  it  was  presented  by  Dickens  as  a 
Christmas  gift,  to  his  intimate  friend  Archibald  WUliajn 
Irvine,  whose  name  and  date  "Dec.  25,  '43"  are  written  on 
the  title  page.  This  issue  also  bears  the  well-known  point 
"Stave  I"  on  page  1,  which  was  later  changed  to  "Stave 
One." 

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WEITINGS   OF   CHARLES  DlGKHNSr— Continued. 

120.  A  CHRISTMAS  CAROL:  in  Prose.  Being  a  Ghost 
Story  of  Christmas,  With  4  full-page  colored  plates  hy  John 
Leech.  16mo,  original  cloth,  full  gilt  edges  (label  removed 
from  cover) .  Lond. :  Chapman  &  Hall,  1843 

*  First  Edition.  Fine  copy  of  the  First  Issue,  with  all 
the  ' '  points, ' '  the  Green  End  Papers,  Stave  1,  etc.  Very 
Scarce. 

121.  A  CHRISTMAS  CAROL.  In  Prose.  Being  a  Ghost 
Story  of  Christmas.  With  8  full-page  illustrations  hy  John 
Leech,  four  of  which  are  in  color.    16mo,  original  cloth. 

Phila. :  Carey  and  Hart,  1844 

*  First  American  Edition. 

122.  THE  LIFE  and  Adventures  of  Martin  Chuzzlewit. 
40  etched  plates  hy  ''Phiz."  First  Edition.  20  parts  in  19, 
8vo,  original  green  wrappers,  uncut  (several  rebacked  and  a 
few  worn,  some  plates  foxed).  Enclosed  in  two  red  levant 
mor/)cco  cases.  Lond.  1843-44 

*  The  very  rare  First  Issue,  with  the  transposed  "£"  on 
the  vignette  title.  Only  a  few  copies  are  known  to  have  left 
the  publisher's  hands  before  this  error  was  discovered  and 
corrected.    With  the  various  advertisements. 

123.  EVENINGS  of  a  Working  Man,  being  the  Occupation 
of  his  scanty  Leisure.  By  John  Overs.  With  a  Preface  rela- 
tive to  the  Author,  by  Charles  Dickens.  16mo,  original  green 
cloth,  uncut  (slightly  shaken,  and  a  few  pp.  soiled). 

*  First  Edition.  Lond. :  T.  C.  Newby,  1844 

124.  THE  CHIMES  :  A  Goblin  Story,  Illustrations.  16mo, 
original  red  cloth,  full  gilt  edges  (slight  stain  on  bottom  of 
engraved  title,  otherwise  fine  copy), 

*  First  Edition.       Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1845 

125.  THE  CHIMES :  A  Goblin  Story,  Woodcuts  hy  Leech, 
Doyle,  and  others.  First  American  Edition,  16mo,  original 
cloth,  gilt  (top  margins  somewhat  stained), 

Phila. :  Lee  &  Blanchard,  1845 

126.  THE  CHIMES :  A  Goblin  Story  of  Some  Bells  that 
Rang  an  Old  Year  Out  and  a  New  Year  in,  12mo,  red  levant 
morocco,  gilt  tooled  back  and  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut,  with 
original  wrappers  in  fine  condition  bound  in,  by  F,  Bedford. 
In  morocco  case,  Lond.  1858 

*  Association' COPY  of  the  greatest  interest.  Inscribed 
on  half-title  in  the  autograph  of  the  author,  "Charles  Dickens 
Junior,  From  his  affectionate  father,  Charles  Dielcens.  Seventh 
September,  1858." 

(See  Illustration,) 
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WRITINGS  OF   CHAELES  DICKENS — Continued. 

127.  THE  CRICKET  ON  THE  HEARTH.  A  Fairy  Tale 
of  Home.  Wooclcuts,  after  Leech,  Doyle,  Maclise,  and  others. 
16mo,  original  red  cloth,  gilt,  gilt  edges  (covers  and  end  leaves 
somewhat  stained).  Lond.  1846 

*  Presentation  copy  itiom  the  author,  with  inscription  in 
his  autograph  on  title-page,  ' '  Madame  Be  la  Bue,  From,  Charles 
Dickens.  London,  27th  December,  1845."  In  red  levant  mo- 
rocco slip-case,  gilt  lettered. 

128.  THE  CRICKET  ON  THE  HEARTH.  A  Fairy  Tale 
of  Home.  Illustrations.  16mo,  original  red  cloth,  full  gilt 
edges.         Lond. :  Printed  and  Published  for  the  Author,  1846 

*  First  Edition. 

129.  THE  CRICKET  ON  THE  HEARTH.  8  illustrati&ns. 
Leather,  gilt  edges.  Lond.  1904 

*  Oxford  India  paper,  miniature  edition  measuring  l%xl% 
inches. 

130.  PICTURES  FROM  ITALY.  Woodcut  vignettes. 
Small  8vo,  original  blue  cloth,  gilt  back,  uncut  (small  stains 
on  cloth,  but  still  fine  and  brilliant  copy).  With  crimson 
levant  morocco  case,  gilt  lettered.  Lond.  1846 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  Author  to  Douglas  Jer- 
ROLD,  with  inscription  in  Dickens's  autograph  on  half-title, 
"Douglas  Jerrold,  from  his  friend,  Charles  Dickens.  Devon- 
shire Terrace,  Nineteenth  May,  1846. 

Unusually  interesting  association  of  names. 
(See  Illustration.) 

131.  PICTURES  FROM  ITALY.  Woodcuts  Uj  Samuel 
Palmer.  Small  8vo,  original  blue  cloth,  gilt  title  on  back,  un- 
cut. Lond.  1846 

*  Crisp  and  clean  copy  of  the  First  Edition. 

132.  THE  BATTLE  OF  LIFE.  A  Love  Story.  Frontis- 
piece, engraved  title  and  other  illustrations  hy  Leech,  Maclise, 
and  others.    16mo,  original  red  cloth,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Lond.  1846 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  Scarce  Second  Issue,  being  the  first  to 
have  sub-title  within  scroll  on  engraved  title.  This  issue  has 
the  imprint  and  date,  occupying  three  lines.  Until  the  recent 
discovery  of  a  previous  issue,  of  which  only  3  copies  are  known, 
this  was  described  as  First  Issue. 

133.  Another  Copy,  also  in  fine  condition.    Lond.  1846 

*  Third  Issue.  The  sub-title  in  this  copy  is  in  scroll  borne 
by  a  cupid  and  has  the  date  eliminated  and  imprint  reduced  to 
one  line.  This  has  hitherto  been  called  "Second  Issue"  and 
considered  the  most  difiicult  of  all  to  find. 

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WETTINGS   OF   CHARLES  DlGKENS^Continued. 

134.  THE  BATTLE  OF  LIFE.  Another  Copy,  in  fine 
condition.  Lond.  1846 

*  Fourth  Issue,  in  which  the  entire  imprint  is  omitted.  In- 
serted in  back  of  this  copy  is  the  original  play-bill,  of  "The 
Battle  of  Life,"  as  dramatised  by  Albert  Smith  "by  the  ex- 
press permission  of  the  author,"  from  Dickens'  proof  sheets, 
and  produced  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keeley  at  the  Theatre  Eoyal, 
Lyceum,  January  18-20,  1847.  The  cast  includes  some  of  the 
names  described  by  Dickens  as  inducing  in  him  ' '  black  despair 
and  moody  madness, ' '  and  evoked  his  threat  to  ' '  carry  con- 
sternation into  the  establishment. ' '  Clean  and  perfect  copy 
of  this  very  scarce  play-bill,  2  pp.  folio,  printed  by  Fairwether, 
Bow  Street,  London. 

13o.  NEWSPAPER:  "The  Daily  News,"  Vol.  I,  No.  I. 
London,  Jan.  21,  1846.  pp.  8.  (Edited  by  Charles  Dickens 
and    containing    the    first    instalment    of    his    "Travelling 

Letters.") 

136.  DOMBEY  AND  SON.  Title  and  39  plates  htj  H.  K. 
Broivnc.  First  Edition.  20'  parts  in  19,  8vo,  original  green 
wrappers,  uncut  (few  backs  repaired,  name  on  some  covers). 
Enclosed  in  two  red  levant  morocco  cases.        Lond.  [1846], -48 

*  A  fine  set  of  the  original  numbers,  with  the  numerous  ad- 
vertisements, including  the  slip  in  No.  2  announcing  the  publi- 
cation for  the  following  month:  "A  New  Christmas  Book." 
Another  in  the  third  number  gives  the  title  of  the  new  Christ- 
mas Book  as  ' '  The  Battle  of  Life. ' '  In  the  same  part  also 
appears  the  first  announcement  of  the  publication  of  Thack- 
eray's "Vanity  Fair"  with  a  reproduction  of  the  cover  de- 
sign. In  No.  15  is  a  notice  saying  that  "No  Christmas  Book" 
will  be  issued  that  year  by  Mr.  Dickens.  There  are  many  sim- 
ilar advertisements  of  great  interest  and  value  to  bibliog- 
raphers. 

137.  THE  STORY  of  Little  Dombey.  16mo,  full  calf,  gilt 
top,  with  original  green  pictorial  wrappers  bound  in  (hinges 
of  binding  loose).  Lond.:  Chapman  and  Hall  [1858] 

138.  FACTS  AND  FIGURES  from  Italy,  by  Don  Jeremy 
Savonarola  [Francis  Mahony — Father  Prout],  Addressed 
during  the  last  two  winters  to  Charles  Dickens,  Esq.,  being 
an  Appendix  to  his  "Pictures."    First  Edition.    8vo,  cloth, 

uncut.  Lond.  1847 

• 

139.  THE  HAUNTED  MAN  and  the  Ghost's  Bargain.  A 
Fancy  for  Christmas  Time.  Woodcut  frontispiece,  engraved 
title,  &c.,  hy  Leech,  Tenniel,  Stane,  and  others.  16mo,  original 
red  cloth,  gilt,  gilt  edges  (inner  margin  of  title  strengthened). 
With  case  of  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt  lettered.     Lond.  1848 

*  First  Edition,  Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  with 
inscription  on  title  in  his  autograph,  ' '  Thomas  Beard,  Esquire, 
from  his  old  friend,  Charles  Dickens,  Fourteenth  December 
1848."  Beard  was  Dickens's  first  journalistic  friend  and  with 
Mm  he  maintained  the  friendliest  relations  through  his  life. 

37 


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WRITINGS  OF   CHARLES  DICKENS — Continued. 

140.  THE  HAUNTED  MAN  and  The  Ghost's  Bargain.  A 
Fancy  for  Christmas  Time.  Woodcuts  designed  hy  Leech, 
Tenniel,  and  others.    16mo,  original  red  cloth,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Lond.  1848 
First  Edition.     Fine  copy,  with  the  broken  pagination  at 
page  166. 

141.  THE  PERSONAL  HISTORY  of  Da\ad  Copperfield. 
With  40  etched  plates  by  H.  K.  Browne,  including  the  fi'ontis- 
piece  and  vignette  title.  First  Edition.  20  parts  in  19, 
8vo,  original  green  wrapperSj  uncut,  enclosed  in  two  crimson 
levant  morocco  solander  cases.  Lond.  1849-50 

*  Considering  the  great  popularity  and  the  consequent  rough 
handling  of  parts  as  they  appeared  it  is  indeed  strange  that  a 
set  can  be  had  with  as  few  repairs  as  this.  There  are  but  3 
backs  repaired,  margin  of  one  wrapper  strengthened,  and  one 
or  two  of  the  backs  very  slightly  worn.  A  bookseller's  label 
appears  on  one  cover.  Contains  the  numerous  advertisements, 
and  slip  of  errata. 

142.  THE  PERSONAL  HISTORY  of  David  Copperfield. 
Illustrations  hy  H.  K.  Browne.  First  Edition.  8vo,  half 
calf.  Lond.  1850 

*  Inscribed ;  '  *  Charles  Dickens  wishes  he  had  given  this  hooJc 
to  W.  Charles  Kent.  Gad's  Hill,  Twenty-seventh  July,  1861." 
Laid  in  is  a  letter  of  Mrs.  Kent,  telling  how  and  why  her  hus- 
band had  this  volume  inscribed. 

143. -HOUSEHOLD  WORDS.  A  Weekly  Journal  Con- 
ducted bv  Charles  Dickens.    19  vols.  8vo,  half  calf. 

Lond.  1850-1859 

*  Complete  set,  with  all  the  Extra  Christmas  Numbers. 

ORIGINAL  MS.  OF  THE  SPEECH  AT  GORE  HOUSE. 

144.  ORIGINxVL  AUTOGRAPH  ^MANUSCRIPT  of  the 
Speech,  Delivered  at  Gore  House,  Kensington,  May  10,  1851. 
14  neatly  written  8vo,  pages.  With  the  Bibliophile  Society 
publication  of  the  Speech,  printed  for  the  members  only,  Bost. 
1909.  2  vols,  small  8vo,  full  dark  green  crushed  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt  line  paftel  borders  and  corner  designs,  with  small 
red  inlays,  white  watered-silk  linings,  in  a  cloth  case,  by 
Sangorski  &  Sutcliffe. 

*  The  Speech  as  printed  in  the  National  Edition  of  Dickens's 
works  contains  about  1,100  words,  whereas  the  original  manu- 
script contains  nearly  2,000  words.  In  addition,  throughout 
the  MS.  the  first  person  is  used,  while  the  printed  report  of 
the  speech  is  in  the  third  person. 

(See  Illustration.) 

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WEITINGS   OF   CHARLES  DICKENS— CowMnwec?. 

145.  "USED  UP."  Manuscript  of  71  pp.  4to,  half  morocco. 

*  This  Comedietta  was  adapted  by  Charles  Mathews,  from 
the  French  "L 'Homme  Blaise."  It  was  acted  at  Eockingham 
Castle  in  1851,  with  Chables  Dickens  in  the  title  r5le  as 
Sir  Charles  Coldstream.  Associated  with  him  were  Mark 
Lemon,  Lewes,  Topham,  George  Cruikshank,  Egg,  F.  Dickens, 
Miss  A.  Bomer,  and  Mrs.  C.  Clarke.  Kitton,  in  speaking  of  the 
performance,  says :  ' '  The  ennui  of  Sir  Charles,  his  mental 
inanity,  the  voraciousness  of  his  appetite  when  he  assumed  the 
functions  of  a  ploughhoy,  were  so  admirably  rendered  that  a 
friend  who  witnessed  the  performance  Relieved  it  impossible  for 
even  Mathews  himself  to  have  surpassed  it. ' ' 

Miss  Mary  Boyle,  who  had  at  times  participated  with  Dick- 
ens in  his  private  theatricals,  says  in  her  recollections:  "The 
novelist  sometimes  playfully  addressed  her  in  letters  as  'My 
dear  Merry'  and  generally  signed  himself  'Jo'  or  'Joe,'  char- 
acters in  the  Comedy  'Used  Up.'  " 

On  the  second  leaf,  containing  the  Dramatic  Personse,  Dick- 
ens   HAS   WRITTEN   THE    NAMES    OP   THE    PERSONS    APPEARING    IN 

THE  Comedietta  with  him,  and  through   the  volume,  he 

HAS     MADE    AUTOGRAPHIC     CORRECTIONS     AND    ADDITIONS     IN     15 


PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  CHARLES  DICKENS  TO 

MARIA  (BEADNELL)  WINTER,  THE  "DORA" 

OF  "DAVID  COPPERFIELD." 

146.  CHRISTMAS  BOOKS.     Frontispiece  hy  John  Leech. 

12mo,   half  red   morocco,   gilt  edges,   in   a   crimson   crushed 

levant  morocco  slip  case.  Lond.  1852 

*  The  First  Popular   Edition.      With   autograph   inscription 

on  fly-leaf: 

' '  Charles  Diokens,  to  Maria  Winter,  In  remembrance  of  old 
times. ' ' 

The  story  that  Maria  Beadnell  (Mrs.  Winter)  was  the  origi- 
nal Dora  of  "David  Copperfield"  was  told  for  the  first  time 
in  the  privately  printed  volume  ' '  The  Private  Correspondence 
of  Charles  Dickens  and  Maria  Beadnell ' '  issued  by  the  Biblio- 
phile Society  by  permission  of  Mr.  W.  K.  Bixby  of  St.  Louis, 
who  owns  the  original  letters. 

There  are  few  stranger  stories  in  the  records  of  book-eoUect-- 
ing  than  the  history  of  this  little  book.  Originally  one  of  a 
set  of  12  volvunes  with  presentation  inscriptions  to  Mrs.  Winter 
in  each,  the  fly-leaf  bearing  the  inscription  for  this  volume  was 
removed.  Later,  however,  Mr.  Stonehouse,  who  was  familiar 
with  the  set  when  intact,  discovered  the  removed  leaf  and  re- 
stored it  to  this  volume.  By  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Bixby  it  was 
ascertained  that  both  the  special  morocco  binding  of  the  book 
and  the  inscription  are  absolutely  identical  with  the  11  volumes 
in  his  library.    Laid  in  are  two  letters  verifying  these  facts. 

39 


WRITINGS  OF   CHARLES  DICKENS— Continued 

147.  CHRISTMAS  BOOKS.  Etched  frontispiece  by  John 
Leech.    12mo,  original  cloth  (a  little  worn),  morocco  covers. 

Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1852 

*  THE  FIRST  EDITION  in  this  form.  Cuthbert  Bede  's 
[Edward  Bradley]  copy,  with  his  autograph  "Edward  Brad- 
ley" on  inside  of  front  cover.  On  page  3  above  the  title  he 
has  written  in  ink:  "N.  B.  The  pencilled  parages  are  those 
omitted  by  Mr.  Dickens  in  his  Readings."  All  through  the 
"Carol"  appear  the  pencilled  passages  and  annotations  made 
by  Mr.  Bradley.  Laid  in  is  a  newspaper  clipping  "Mr.  Charles 
Dickens's  Beading  of  his  'Christmas  Carol'  in  Wolverhampton." 
This  article  was  written  by  Bede  (who  attended  the  reading) 
for  the  Wolverhampton  Chronicle,  Aug.  18,  1858.  The  clipping 
is  dated  and  signed  in  ink  by  "Cuthbert  Bede."  In  it  he 
says:  "On  the  present  occasion  Dickens  far  surpassed  the  ex- 
pectations even  of  his  most  sanguine  admirers,  he  read  his 
'Christmas  Carol'  with  a  dramatic  power  tliat  was  truly  aston- 
ishing, alternating  not  only  the  tones  of  his  voice,  but  even  his 
facial  appearance  so  as  most  faithfully  to  represent  the  varied 
characters  of  his  well-known  story. ' ' 

148.  A  CHILD'S  HISTORY  of  England.  Frontispieces  hy 
F.  W.  Topham.  3  vols,  square  16mo,  original  brown  cloth, 
gilt  backs  and  front  covers,  marbled  edges.  Lond.  1852-54 

*  FiEST  Edition.     Scare  in  this  fine  condition. 

149.  BLEAK  HOUSE.  Illustrated  hij  H.  K.  Browne. 
First  Edition.  8vo,  half  red  morocco,  gilt  edges  (margins  of 
plates  stained).    In  a  dark  green  morocco  case.      Lond.  1853 

*  Presentation  copy.  Autograph  inscription  by  the  author 
on  the  dedication  leaf,  reading:  " Bobert  Bell,  From  Charles 
Dickens,  Third  October,  1853." 

150.  BLEAK  HOUSE.  40  illustrations  hy  H.  K.  Browne. 
20  parts  in  19,  8vo,  original  pictorial  wrappers  (one  part 
shaken  and  few  backs  and  margins  strengthened).    Lond.  1853 

*  First  Edition.  Good  copy  in  the  original  parts,  as  issued, 
with  the  advertisements  and  the  scarce  white  slip  in  part  IX 
announcing  the  cancellation  of  one  plate.  In  2  cases  of  crushed 
crimson  levant,   gilt  lettered, 

151.  TO  BE  READ  AT  DUSK.  Excerpt  from  The  Keep- 
sake for  1852;  also  bound  in  is,  Dickens'  Poem  of  32  lines  "A 
"Word  in  Season,"  which  he  contributed  to  The  Keepsake  for 
1844.    8vo,  half  red  levant  morocco,  gilt  top. 

*  The  Augustin  Daly  copy. 

152.  HARD  TIMES.  For  These  Times.  8vo,  original 
green  cloth,  uncut  (corners  slightly  rubbed).  Lond.  1854 

*  First  Edition,    Nice  copy. 

153.  SPEECH  of  Charles  Dickens,  Esq.,  delivered  at  the 
Meeting  of  the  Administrative  Reform  Association  at  the 
Theatre  Royal,  Drury  Lane,  Wednesday,  June  27,  1855.  8vo, 
original  wrappers.  Lond. :  Effingham  Wilson,  1855 

*  First  Edition.    Very  Scarce. 

40 


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THE   CHIMES. 


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The  CuuiEs 

Presented  by  Charles  Dickens  to  his  Son 

(See  No.  126.) 


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PICTURES  FROM   ITALY. 


1^ 


Pictures  from  Italy 

Presented  to  Douglas  Jerrold  by  Charles  Dickens 

(See  No.  130.) 


WETTINGS   OF   CHAELES   DICKONS— Continued. 
DICKENS'S  OWN  COPY. 

154.  THE  READINGS  of  Charles  Dickens  as  Arranged  and 
Head  by  Himself — Doctor  Marigold.  Printed  in  large  type. 
8vo,  half  morocco  (soiled).  No  place  or  date. 

*  Charles  Dickens's  own  copy,  used  by  him  at  his  read- 
ings, AND  WITH  several  PARAGRAPHS  MARKED  "Cut  when 
necessary ' '  in  his  autograph.    The  Williamson  copy. 

155.  LITTLE  DORRIT.  With  40  etched  plates  hy 
'"Phiz."  First  Edition.  20  parts  in  19,  8vo,  original  blue 
wrappers,  uncut  (name  on  wrappers,  5  backs  very  slightly 
worn).     In  2  crimson  levant  morocco  slip-cases. 

Lond.   [1855] -57 

*  The  First  Issue  of  the  original  edition  in  fine  condition. 
Contains  the  slip  in  part  XVI,  correcting  an  error  in  the  pre- 
ceding chapter,  and  the  usual  advertisements. 

156.  LITTLE  DORRIT.  With  Illustrations  hy  H.  K. 
Browne.     First  Edition.     8vo,  original  half  calf. 

Lond. :  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1857 

*  Inscribed  on  inserted  fly-leaf  ' '  Faithfully  yours  Charles 
Dickens.  Tavistoclc  Mouse,  London.  Monday  Fourteenth  De- 
cember, 1857."  Laid  in  is  an  envelope  addressed  in  Dickens' 
hand,  to  ' '  The  Reverend  George  Wilkinson.  Rectory,  Whicham, 
Whitehaven. ' '  to  whom  presumably  the  copy  was  presented. 

157.  A  TALE  of  Two  Cities.  16  illustrations  hy  E.  K. 
Broicne.  8  parts  in  7,  8vo,  original  pictorial  wrappers  (the 
covers,  though  all  original,  have  been  changed  and  made  to 
serve  parts  other  than  intended,  some  restored,  and  the  two 
Thackeray  advertisements  are  lacking).  Lond.  1859 

*  First  Edition,  in  original  parts.  As  only  a  small  num- 
ber of  some  of  the  parts  were  printed,  this  original  issue  has 
become  one  of  the  scarcest  of  all  Dickens  items.  In  a  crimson 
levant  morocco  case,  gilt  lettered.  Inserted  is  the  announce- 
ment on  yellow  paper,  of  the  discontinuance  of  ' '  Household 
Words ' '  and  the  commencement  of  ' '  All  the  Year  Bound, ' ' 
with  ' '  The  Tale  of  Two  Cities ' '  appearing  in  its  first  number, 

158.  A  TALE  of  Two  Cities.  Illustrated  hy  H.  K.  Browne. 
First  Edition.    8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.  1859 

*  Laid  in  is  a  three  page  letter  by  Lord  John  Eussell  to  whom 
the  book  is  dedicated.    With  the  W.  H.  E.  Saunders  book-plate. 

159.  ALL  THE  YEAR  ROUND.  A  Weekly  Journal.  Con- 
ducted by  Charles  Dickens.  Vols.  1-20,  and  New  Series,  Vols. 
1-10.    30  vols.  8vo,  half  calf.  Lond.  1850-1873 

*  Complete  set  from  the  beginning  to  Oct.,  1873,  and  includ- 
ing all  the  numbers  to  which  Dickens  contributed,  includ- 
ing all  the  Extra  Christmas  Numbers  to  1868,  and  that  for  1872. 
Those  for  1868-1871  (which  are  lacking)  contained  no  contri- 
butions by  Dickens. 

160.  SPEECH  of  Charles  Dickens,  on  behalf  of  the  Hospital 
for  Sick  Children,    16mo,  10  pp.  sewn. 

*Very  Scarce.   Lond,:  Printed  by  R.  Folkard,  1860 

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WEITINGS  OF  CHARLES  DICKENS— Continued. 

161.  THE  UNCOMMERCIAL  TRAVELLER.  8vo,  origi- 
nal cloth,  uncut.    Text  in  fine  clean  condition. 

♦  First  Editiox.        Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1861 

162.  GREAT  EXPECTATIONS.  3  vols.  12mo,  original 
cloth,  uncut  (a  few  leaves  repaired,  labels  removed  from 
covers).  Lond.:  Chapman  and  Hall,  1861 

•  First  Edition. 

163.  IN  MEMORIAM  (W.  M.  Thackeray).  Cornhill  Maga- 
zine, February,  1864.  8vo,  original  wrappers.  In  a  crimson 
levant  morocco  slip-case.  Lond.  1864 

164.  OUR  MUTUAL  FRIEND.  40  illustrations  hij  Marcus 
Stmie.  20  parts  in  19,  8vo,  all  in  original  green  pictorial 
wrappers,  uncut  (a  few  backs  very  slightly  frayed). 

Lond.  1864-5 

*  First  Edition,  in  original  parts.  In  ' '  Our  Mutual 
Friend, ' '  Dickens  returned  to  his  original  form  of  publication 
in  parts,  a  practice  he  had  abandoned  after  the  issue  of  ' '  Little 
Dorrit."  The  present  copy  is  in  fine  condition,  with  the 
numerous  advertisements,  including  the  illustrated  one  in  part 
12,  "The  People's  Pickwick."  It  has  also  the  slip  explaining 
the  book's  title,  without  which  no  copy  is  complete.  With  two 
red  levant  morocco  cases,  gilt  lettered. 

165.  OUR  MUTUAL  FRIEND.  20  illustrations  hy  Marcus 
Stone.  2  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  backs,  uncut  (one  vol- 
ume with  hinges  somewhat  worn).  In  2  fine  crimson  levant 
morocco  cases,  with  gilt  tooled  and  lettered  backs,  by  Riviere. 

Lond.  1865 

*  First  Edition.  Presentation  copy  from  the  author, 
inscribed  in  his  autograph,  "Charles  Dickens,  To  James  Bae 
Esquire,  8th  November  1865." 

166.  LEGENDS  AND  LYRICS.  By  Adelaide  Anne  Procter. 
With  an  Introduction  by  Charles  Dickens.  New  Edition,  with 
additions.  With  numerous  full-page  illustrations  hy  Millais, 
Du  Maurier,  Dohson,  and  others.     8vo,  cloth,  gilt,  gilt  edges. 

Lond. :  Bell  and  Daldy,  1866 

*  The  First  Edition,  with  the  Dickens  Introduction.  Nice 
copy. 

167.  THE  CHARLES  DICKENS  DINNER.  An  Authentic 
Record  of  the  Public  Banquet  given  to  ]\Ir.  Charles  Dickens 
at  the  Freemason's  Hall,  London,  on  Saturday,  November  2, 
1867,  prior  to  his  departure  for  the  United  States.  With  por- 
trait hy  Army  tag  e  (piiotographed  in  America)  inserted.  8vo, 
full  green  levant  morocco,  gilt  inside  and  outside  borders,  by 
Riviere.  Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1867 

•  First  Edition  :  Scarce. 

168.  SPEECH  of  Charles  Dickens,  Esq.,  as  Chairman  at 
the  Dinner  on  behalf  of  the  Hospital  for  Sick  Children.  16nio, 
original  wrappers.  Lond.  1867 

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WBITINGS   OF   CHAHLES   DICKENS— Con<iwtte<J. 

169.  OUR  YOUNG  FOLKS,  Nos.  37,  39,  40,  41.  Contains 
Dickens'  Holiday  Romance.  Illustratiofis  hy  John  Gilbert, 
and  others,  and  engraved  portrait  of  the  author.  4  parts,  8vo, 
original  wrappers,  uncut,  in  half  levant  slip-case.      Bost.  1868 

*  First  Edition,  in  original  parts.  Fine  condition.  Dickens 
had  contracted  with  Ticknor  &  Fields  to  write  this  story  almost 
two  years  before  it  finally  appeared. 

170.  GEORGE  SILVERMAN'S  EXPLANATION.  The 
Atlantic  Monthly  for  January,  February  and  March,  1868. 
The  3  numbers,  8vo,  original  wrappers,  uncut  as  issued,  en- 
closed in  half  crimson  levant  morocco  case.  Bost.  1868 

*  First  appearance  of  this  story,  which  was  written  by 
Dickens  at  the  instance  of  his  friend  James  T.  Fields,  who 
paid  him  £1,000  for  it. 

171.  ADDRESS  delivered  at  the  Birmingham  and  Mid- 
land Institute  on  the  27th  September,  1869.  By  Charles 
Dickens,  Esquire,  President.    8vo,  original  wrappers. 

*  First  Edition :  Scarce.  [Birmingham,  1869]' 

127.  ON  MR.  FECHTER'S  ACTING.  [Atlantic  Monthly, 
August,  1869.]  8vo,  sewn  (covers  missing),  in  a  half  crimson 
morocco  slip-case.  Bost.  1869 

173.  THE  MYSTERY  OF  EDWIN  DROOD.  Portrait  and 
full-page  illustrations  hy  Luke  Fildes.  8vo,  original  calf  gilt 
(one  illust.  loose).  Lond. :  Chapman  &  Hall,  1870 

*  Presentation  copy  of  the  First  Edition  from  Mamie 
Dickens,  the  author's  eldest  daughter,  with  inscription  in  her 
autograph:  "H.  L.,  March  7,  1872.  From  her  affectionate 
friend,  Mamie  DicJcens." 

A  highly  interesting  copy  of  Dickens's  last  novel. 

174.  THE  MYSTERY  OF  EDWIN  DROOD.  Engraved 
portrait  and  title,  and  12  illustrations  hy  Fildes.  6  parts,  8vo, 
original  pictorial  wrappers,  uncut,  with  the  advertisements 
(2  plate  margins  stained,  one  back  frayed) .  In  crimson  levant 
morocco  case,  gilt  lettered.  Lond.  1870 

*  First  Edition,  in  the  original  wrappers. 

175.  HUNTED  DOWN :  A  Story.  With  Some  Account  of 
Thomas  Griffiths  Wainew^ight,  the  Poisoner.  Woodcut  vignette 
of  "The  Fatal  House"  on  title.  16mo,  full  brown  calf,  gilt, 
with  original  wrappers  bound  in,  Lond. :  Hotten  [1870] 

*  First  English  Edition.  Fine  copy,  with  the  Mynderse 
bookplate. 

176.  A  COLLECTION  of  118  letters  of  Charles  Dickens 
[typewritten  copies]  wTitten  from  1836  to  1870.  Bound  in 
one  volume,  4to,  cloth. 

177.  THE  NEWSVENDORS'  Benevolent  &  Provident  In- 
stitution. Speeches  in  behalf  of  the  Institution,  by  the  late 
Mr.  Charles  Dickens,  President.  12mo,  original  front  wrapper 
only,  sewn.  Lond.:  Printed  by  Buck  &  Wootton  [1871] 

■  *  Scarce. 

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WKITINGS   OF   CHARLES   DICKBN^— Continued. 

178.  IS  SHE  HIS  WIFE?  or,  Something  Singular.  A 
€omie  Burletta,  in  One  Act.  Colored  frontispiece  by  Pail- 
thorpe.     32mo,  original  cloth. 

Bost. :  James  R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1877 

*  The  real  first  edition  was  privately  printed  by  the  author 
in  1851,  of  which  no  copies  are  known  to  be  extant.  A  reprint 
was  published  in  the  late  sixties,  of  which  only  two  copies  are 
known.  The  present  issue  may  justly  be  considered  the  First 
Edition  procurable,  and  is  itself  Very  Scarce.    Fine  copy. 

179.  MR.  NIGHTINGALE 'S  DIARY :  A  Farce  in  One  Act. 
Colored  etching  hy  Failthorpe.    18mo,  original  green  cloth. 

Bost. :  Osgood,  1877 

*  First  Published  Edition,  very  scarce,  and  practically  the 
only  edition  obtainable,  as  only  3  copies  of  the  first  (privately 
printed)   issue  are  known. 

180.  THE  LAMPLIGHTER :  A  Farce.  Now  First  Printed 
from  a  Manuscript  in  the  Forster  Collection.  12mo,  original 
grey  wrappers,  in  a  brown  levant  morocco  case,  with  inside 
cover  of  silk.  Lond.  1879 

*  Fine  copy.  Scarce.  Only  250  copies  printed.  This  ' '  un- 
fortunate little  farce"  as  Dickens  styled  it,  was  written  for 
W.  C.  Maeready,  but  was  withdrawn  at  the  actor's  request  and 
was  never  presented  to  the  public. 

181.  THE  MUDFOG  PAPERS,  Etc.  Now  First  Col- 
lected.   12mo,  original  red  cloth.    Fine  copy.  Lond.  1880 

182.  THE  LETTERS  of  Charles  Dickens,  1833-1870.  Edited 
by  Mamie  Dickens  and  Georgina  Hogarth.  6  vols.  8vo,  full 
green  crushed  levant  morocco,  with  gilt  portraits  of  Dickens, 
Signatures,  and  Crest  on  covers,  gilt  top,  uncut,  bv  Riviere. 

Lond.  1880-82 

*  Extra-illustrated  and  extended  to  six  volumes  by  the  in- 
sertion of  302  portraits  and  views. 

183.  A  WONDERFUL  GHOST  STORY:  being  Mr.  H.'s 
Own  Narrative,  with  Letters  hitherto  Unpublished  of  Charles 
Dickens  to  the  Author  respecting  it.  By  Thomas  Heaphy. 
First  Published  Edition.  16mo,  original  glazed  pictorial 
boards.    Nice  copy.  Lond.  1882 

184.  THE  LAZY  TOUR  of  Two  Idle  Apprentices,  &c.  By 
Charles  Dickens  and  Wilkie  Collins.  Illustrations.  First 
Edition.    8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.  1890 

185.  DICKENS-KOLLE  LETTERS,  Edited  by  Harry  B. 
Smith.  Supplemental  to  the  letters  from  Charles  Dickens  to 
Maria  Beadnell.  Portraits  and  facsimile.  8vo,  boards,  vellum 
back.  Bost.  1910 

*  Bibliophile  Society  Publication,  limited  to  483  copies. 

44 


DICKENSIANA 

Illustrations,  Association  Items  and  Furniture  from 
Gads  Hill. 

186.  PICKWICKIAN  ILLUSTRATIONS.  A  Series  of  20' 
illustratimis  hy  Heath.  8vo,  original  wrappers  with  gilt  de- 
signs, paper  label,  enclosed  in  a  crimson  levant  morocco  slip- 
case,  n.  p. — n.  d. 

*  Very  Scarce,  particularly  in  this  state. 

187.  THIRTY-TWO  ILLUSTRATIONS  to  Pickwick,  by 
Onwhyn  and  other  eminent  Artists.  32  illustrations.  8vo, 
l.ictorial  blue  wrappers.  Lond.,  n.  d. 

188.  PICKWICK  PAPERS.  A  Series  of  31  full-page  wood- 
cuts to  illustrate  Pickwick  Papers.  By  J.  Gilbert.  12mo,  half 
polished  crimson  morocco,  gilt  top,  by  Root. 

189.  A  SERIES  OF  32  ETCHINGS  by  T.  Onwhyn,  to 
illustrate  Pickwick  Papers.  8vo,  full  polished  calf,  gilt  back 
and  top,  by  Root.  Lond.:  E.  Grattan,  1837 

*  Scarce. 

190.  PICKWICK'S  RECEPTION.  Woodcut  after  draw- 
ing by  Sol.  Eytinge,  Jr.,  showing  all  of  Dickens'  Charac- 
ters pasHing  in  review  before  Mr.  Pickwick,  4to;  Woodcut 
drawing  of  Dickens'  House  at  Gadshill.  Small  4to.  2 
pieces. 

191.  ILLUSTRATIONS  to  Oliver  Twist,  by  Pailthorpe;. 
Great  Expectations,  by  Pailthorpe;  Pickwick  Papers,  by 
"  Phiz,"  Seymour,  and  Pailthorpe.     42  pieces. 

*The  "  Oliver  Twist  "  illustrations,  14  in  number,  including 
the  title-page,  are  all  proof  impressions,  one  being  in  color. 

Those  for  "  Great  Expectations  "  are  also  Proofs,  the  entire 
10  being  in  color. 

The  "Pickwick  Papers"  illustrations  consist  of  16  proof 
etchings  and  two  blue-prints.  Five  of  the  plates  are  in  un- 
finished state,  and  2  of  them  contain  corrections,  and  manu- 
script notations  for  the  etcher.  10  of  these  plates  are  in  color. 
Very  Scarce. 

192.  COLLECTION  of  25  etchings  by  George  Ouikshank 
to  illustrate  Oliver  Twist.  Beautifully  colored  by  hand. 
Imp.  8vo,  half  crimson  levant  morocco,  gilt  top.  n.  p. — n.  d. 

*FiNE  COPY.  This  collection  includes  the  suppressed  "Fire- 
side" plate  as  well  as  the  one  of  "  Rose  Maylie  and  Oliver"  (at 
Agnes'  Tomb).    Scarce. 

193.  THIRTY-TWO  ILLUSTRATIONS  to  Nicholas 
Nickleby,  by  Onwhyn  and  Other  Eminent  Artists.  32' 
illustrations.     Svo,  pictorial  wrappers.  Lend.,  n.  d. 

45 


DIOKENSIANA — Continued. 

194.  FOUR  PLATES  engraved  under  the  Superintend- 
ence of  Hablot  K.  Browne  and  Robert  Young  to  illustrate 
the  cheap  edition  of  The  Old  Curiosity  Shop.  Little  Nell 
and  her  Grandfather,  the  Marchioness,  Barbara,  and  an 
etching  by  "Phiz."  8vo,  in  the  original  green  wrappers 
(covers  worn).  Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1848 

*  Scarce, 

195.  DARLEY  (F.  O.  C).  Original  pencil  sketch,  "Little 
Nell  and  her  Grandfather."  Signed  "  D."  Another  sketch 
on  the  reverse  represents  a  wounded  cavalryman  being  held 
on  his  horse  by  a  comrade.  Signed  in  full  "  F.  O.  C.  Bar- 
ley."    Size  5  X  6|  inches.     Stained  in  lower  part. 

196.  SOME  PORTRAITS,  Scenes  and  Incidents  in  C. 
Dickens'  Life  of  Grimaldi.  Colored  frontispiece  and  title 
and  seven  full-page  illustrations.     4to,  wrappers. 

Privately  printed,     n.  p. — n.  d. 
*Note  states,  "  This  Book  is  privately  printed  and  limited 
to  12  copies. " 

197.  FLAVEL  (JOHN).  Husbandry  Spiritualized;  or, 
the  Heavenly  Use  of  Earthly  Things.  4-  engraved  plates. 
8vo,  original  boards,  uncut,  in  a  red  levant  morocco  slip 
case.  [Lond.J  1807 

♦Presentation  Copy  from  Charles  Dickens  to  Harriet 
Hancock,  with  his  autograph  note,  signed  with  initials,  and 
dated,  5  Hyde  Park  Place,  Sunday,  23  May,  1870,  concerning 
the  sending  of  this  work  to  her,  pasted  on  the  inside  of  the 
cover. 

198.  DlCTIONARYof  the  English  Language.  By  Samuel 
Johnson.     8vo,  old  half  calf.     With  cloth  slip  case. 

Lond.  1825 
♦Charles  Dickens' copy,  with  his  initials,  &c.,  on  fly-leaf: 
"  C.  D.,  Tavistock  House,  London,  W.  C.  Christmas  Day  1854," 
followed  by  several  words  and  names  (apparently  memoranda) 
also  in  his  autograph,  amongst  which  is  written  the  title  "Great 
Expectations."  Probably  no  book  was  used  more  often  by 
Dickens  than  his  Dictionary,  and  this  one  shows  evidence  of 
very  careful  reading.  On  more  than  twenty  pages  he  had 
placed  marks  opposite  unusual  words,  probably  ticked  off  for 
future  use.    An  extremely  interesting  Dickens  Association 

BOOK. 

199.  RACY  SKETCHES  of  Expeditions,  from  the  Pick- 
wick Club.  By  T.  Sibson.  10  plates.  8vo,  original  wrap- 
pers, uncut.  Lond.  1838 

*  Very  scarce.  Preserved  in  a  full  crimson  levant  morocco 
solander  case. 

200.  REYNOLDS  (G.  W.  M.).  Pickwick  Abroad;  or, 
The  Tour  in  France.  Illustrated  with  Jf.1  steel  engravings 
<ind  SS  woodcuts.     8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut  (shaken). 

Lond.  1839 

*  First  Edition  of  a  rare  parody  of  Dickens'  Pickwick. 

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DICKE'NSIA-N  A— Continued. 

201.  STARS  Their  Early  Vigils  Keep,  Song.  As  sung  at 
the  Complimentary  Dinner  to  Charles  Dickens,  Esq. 
Written  by  Dr.  O.  W.  Holmes.  Litho.  portrait  on  cover, 
and  colored  lithographs  laid  in.     4to,  wrappers.     Bost.  1842 

202.  GUICHET  (J.).  Italian  and  English  Grammar, 
from  the  Italian  and  French  Grammar  of  Vergani  and 
Piranesi.  12mo,  maroon  leather  (neatly  repaired  in  the 
joint),  in  a  crimson  levant  morocco  solander  case. 

Lond.  1846 

*  Presented  by  Charles  Dickens  to  Harriet  Hancock. 

The  inscription  is  on  the  title,  signed  with  initials:  "  This  is 

the  best  I  can  do  in  the  Italian  direction.  Servitore  umilissimo. 

C.  D.,  Saturday,  Fourth  August,  1855." 

PLAYBILL  OF  "MR.  NIGHTINGALE'S  DIARY." 

203.  ORIGINAL  PLAYBILL  printed  in  red  and  black  of 
Lytton's  Comedy  "Not  So  Bad  as  we  Seem:  or,  Many 
Sides  to  a  Character."     The  Characters  were  played  by 

Charles  Dickens,  John  Forster,  Mark  Lemon,  Charles 
Knight,  R.  H.  Home,  John  Tenniel,  Wilkie  Collins,  Dudley 
Costello,  Fanny  Young  and  Mrs.  Coe,  and  others.  Tall 
Folio.  Town  Hall.  Birmingham.  May  12,  1852.  Folio, 
mounted  (slight  repairs). 

*The  Concluding  Piece  was  "Mr.  Nightingale's  Diary" 
announced  as  an  "  Original  Farce  in  One  Act  by  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens  and  Mr.  Mark  Lemon."  In  this  Piece,  Dudley  Costello 
played  "  Mr.  Nightingale"  and  Dickens  undertook  the  six  parts 
of  Gabblewig,  Charley  Bit,  Poulter,  Captain  Blower,  A  Re- 
spectable Female  and  the  Deaf  Sexton.  Mark  Lemon  took 
three  parts,  Slap,  Tickle  and  a  Virtuous  Person,  and  Wilkie 
Collins  impersonated  Landlord  Lithers  of  the  Water  Lily. 
The  Birmingham  Town  Hall  Playbill  is  exceedingly  rare. 

PLAYBILL  OF    "THE  FROZEN  DEEP." 

204.  ORIGINAL  PLAYBILL  of  "An  Entirely  New 
Romantic  Drama,  in  Three  Acts,  by  Mr.  Wilkie  Collins, 
called  the  '  The  Frozen  Deep.'  ...  To  Conclude  with  the 
Farce,  in  One  Act,  '  Two  O'Clock  in  the  Morning.'  "  Gal- 
lery of  Illustration,  Regent  Street.  July  11,  1857.  Folio, 
dnlaid  and  mounted. 

*The  play  "Frozen  Deep"  by  Wilkie  Collins  was  altered, 
improved  and  added  to  by  Dickens,  so  much  so  that  the  drama 
might  almost  be  attributed  to  him.  The  performance  was 
given  under  the  management  of  Dickens  as  a  benefit  in  "  Re- 
membrance of  the  late  Mr.  Douglas  Jerrold."  "  The  Amateur 
^  Company  of  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  "  was  composed  principally 
of  the  Dickens  family  and  their  most  intimate  friends,  includ- 
Mark  Lemon,  Alfred  Dickens,  Charles  Dickens,  Wilkie  Collins, 
Edward  Pigott,  Augustus  Egg,  Shirley  Brooks,  Miss  Hogarth, 
Miss  Kate,  Miss  Mary,  etc.  The  two  characters  in  the  farce 
"  Two  O'clock  in  the  Morning"  were  played  by  Dickens  as  Mr. 
Snobbington  and  Mark  Lemon  as  The  Stranger. 

Very  rare. 

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DICKEN8IANA— ConttnMe<J. 

PROSPECTUS  OF  THE  DOUGLAS  JERROLD 
MEMORIAL. 

205.  ORIGINAL  TWO-PAGE  CIRCULAR  of  the  Pro- 
ceedings to  be  held  in  Remembrance  of  the  Late  Mr. 
Douglas  Jerrold  with  the  list  of  the  Committee  including 
the  names  of  many  members  of  the  Dickens  and  Jerrold 
Circle,  such  as  Shirley  Brooks,  John  Blackwood,  Wilkie 
Collins,  Peter  Cunningham,  Charles  Knight,  John  Leech, 
John  Forster,  Mark  Lemon,  Lord  Lytton,  Daniel  Maclise, 
W.  C.  Macready,  Albert  Smith,  Benjamin  Webster,  W.  H. 
Wills,  W.  M.  Thackeray,  Charles  Dickens,  and  numerous 
others.  2  pages,  folio.  London.  Julj'^  18-29,  1857. 
Mounted. 

*  Unique  Dickens  Memorial.    The  Performances  included : 

1.  July  18.  "  The  Frozen  Deep."  By  Wilkie  Collins  with  Buck- 
stone's  Farce  "  Uncle  Joe  "  to  follow. 

S.  July  22.  Mr.  W.  M.  Thackeray's  Lecture  on  ' '  Weekday 
Preachers"  at  St.  Martin's  Hall. 

3.  July  24.  Mr.  Charles  Dickens  vnll  read  his  Christmas  Carol 

in  St.  Martins  Hall. 

4.  July  25.  "  The  Frozen  Deep  "  by  Wilkie  Collins.    Last  Per- 

formance. 

5.  July  29.  The  Late  Mr.  Douglas  Jerrold' s  Drama  "  The  Rent 

Day"  followed  by  his  Drama  '  'Black-Eyed  Susan." 

Choice  copy  of  this  exceedingly  interesting  Dickens-Jerrold- 
Thackeray  Association  Item. 

206.  FORSTER  (JOHN).  The  Debates  on  the  Grand 
Remonstrance,  November  and  December,  1641.  With  an 
Introductory  Essay  on  English  Freedom  under  Plantagenet 
and  Tudor  Sovereigns.  Facsimile  frontispiece.  First  Edi- 
tion.    8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Lond. :  Murray,  1860 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  Author  to- 
Charles  Dickens,  with  inscription  on  half-title:  "Charles 
Dickens  from  his  affecte.  friend  John  Forster."  Contains  alsa 
the  bookplate  of  Dickens,  and  the  sale  label. 


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'  ( 


Original  Manuscript  of 

Dickens's  Speech  at  Gore  House 

(See  No.  144.) 


SECOND  SESSION 

Wednesday  Afternoon,  April  26,    1916,  at  2:30  'o'clock 
Lots  207  to  412 


DICKENSIANA— Continued. 

207.  THACKERAY  the  Humourist  and  the  Man  of  Letters. 
The  Story  of  his  Life.  By  Theodore  Taylor.  [John  Camden 
Hotten.]  Illustrated  with  pJiotograph  from  life  and  original 
illustrations.  First  Edition.  12mo,  original  green  cloth,  un- 
cut. Lond. :  Hotten,  1864 

*  Dickens  's  own  copy,  with  the  sale  label  pasted  in.  Con- 
tains a  selection  from  Thackeray's  characteristic  speeches,  now 
for  the  first  time  gathered. 

208.  FITZGERALD  (PERCY).  Never  Forgotten.  First 
Edition.  3  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth  (somewhat  worn,  two  or 
three  corners  stained),  uncut. 

Lond.:  Chapman  and  Hall,  1865 

*  Dedicated  to  Charles  Dickens.  From  the  Library  of  Dick- 
ens, with  his  bookplate  and  the  labels  of  the  sale  of  Dickens's 
library,  June,  1870. 

209.  "THE  GREAT  INTERNATIONAL  WALKING- 
MATCH  of  February  29,  1868."  The  articles  of  agreement 
between  George  Dolby,  alias  "The  Man  of  Ross,"  and  James 
R.  Osgood,  alias  "The  Boston  Bantam,"  with  "The  Sporting 
Narrative"  of  the  match  written  by  Charles  Dickens,  alias 
"The  Gad's  Hill  Gasper."  Signed  by  the  contestants,  George 
Dolby  and  James  R.  Osgood,  and  the  umpires  and  starters, 
Charles  Dickens  and  James  T.  Field,  the  latter  known  as 
"Massachusetts  Jemmy,"  with  the  signature  of  A.  V.  S, 
Anthony  as  witness.  Printed  broadside  with  gilt  border.  Size 
19%  X  171/2  inches.  In  gilt  frame,  glazed.  (Slight  stain  on 
lower  margin.)  Bost.  1868 

*  An  extremely  rare  and  interesting  item,  a  relic  of  Dickens 's 
last  visit  to  America.  George  Dolby  and  James  E.  Osgood, 
members  of  Dickens's  party,  were  constantly  devising  some 
means  for  reviving  his  flagging  spirits.  They  hit  upon  this 
scheme  of  a  walking  match,  to  be  held  in  Boston,  on  February 
29,  to  celebrate  the  day,  as  Dickens  puts  it  "when  I  can  say 
'next  month'  for  home."  The  match  ended  in  the  English- 
man's defeat;  which  Dickens  doubly  commemorated  by  the 
above  narrative  of  the  American  victory,  in  sporting  newspaper 
style,  and  by  a  dinner  in  Boston  to  the  party,  whose  names  are 

j  designated  in  Article  6  of  the  document. 

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BlCKENSIAtJ  A— Continued. 

210.  RELIGIOUS  OPINIONS  of  the  Late  Reverend 
Chauncy  Hare  Townshend.  Published  as  directed  in  his  Will, 
by  His  Literary  Executor  [Charles  Dickens,  with  preface  by 
him].    8vo,  original  green  cloth,  uncut  (slightly  shaken). 

Lond.  1869 

*  Dickens  dedicated  ' '  Great  Expectations, ' '  to  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Townshend. 

This  is  Dickens's  own  copy  and  contains  his  "lion"  book- 
plate and  the  Gadshill  Place  book  label.  It  has  also  belonged 
to  the  editor's  friend,  Edmund  Yates,  whose  bookplate  is  in- 
serted at  back  of  volume.  In  a  green  levant  morocco  case,  gilt 
tooled  and  lettered  back. 

211.  SERMON  preached  by  Arthur  Penrhyn  Stanley,  D.D., 
Dean  of  Westminster,  in  Westminster  Abbey,  June  19,  1870, 

being  the  Sunday  following  the  Funeral  of  Charles 

Dickens.    8vo,  original  wrappers,  enclosed  in  a  crushed  crimson 
morocco  solander  case.  Lond. :  Macmillan,  1870 

*  Inserted  is  an  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.,  from  Dean  Stanley,  dated 
January  12,  1872. 

212.  FORSTER  (JOHN).  The  Life  of  Charles  Dickens. 
Illustrated.  3  vols,  in  9,  8vo,  full  crimson  crushed  levant 
morocco,  gilt  tops,  gilt  inside  borders,  by  C.  Walters. 

Lond.  1872 

*  Extra-Illustrated  and  extended  to  9  volumes  by  the  in- 
sertion of  over  1,000  plates,  comprising  engravings,  woodcuts, 
and  half-tones  of  persons  and  places  mentioned  in  the  text. 
Included  also  are:  a  L.  S.  by  Charles  Dickens,  2  pp.;  an 
A.  L.  S.  of  H.  K.  Browne,  2  pp.,  with  a  clever  sketch  at  the 
end;  and  six  original  sepia  portraits  of  members  of  Dickens's 
family. 

213.  CHARLES  DICKENS  ;  the  Story  of  his  Life  [by  Theo. 
Taylor].  Illustrated.  3  vols.  12mo,  full  green  crushed  levant 
morocco,  with  gilt  portraits,  signature  and  crest  on  covers,  gilt 
inside  lx)rders,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  Riviere.  Lond.  1870 

*  Extra-Illustrated  and  extended  to  three  volumes  by  the 
insertion  of  92  portraits  and  a  check  in  Dickens's  handwriting. 

214.  DICKENS  MEMENTO  Catalogue,  with  Purch^ers' 
Namas  and  Prices  Realised  of  the  Pictures,  Drawings,  and 
Objects  of  Art  of  the  late  Charles  Dickens  Sold  by  Auction, 
July  9,  1870.    4to,  boards,  cloth  back.  Lond.  1870 

215.  GAD'S  HILL  PLACE.  Catalogue  of  the  Household 
Furniture,  &e.,  of  the  late  Charles  Dickens,  sold  at  auction, 
Aug.  10,  1870.    4to,  wrappers.    Scarce. 

216.  CATALOGUE  of  the  beautiful  Collection  of  Modern 
Water-Colour  Drawings  and  Objects  of  Art  of  Charles 
Dickens,  deceased,  sold  at  Christie's,  July  9,  1870.  Priced  in 
ink.    8vo,  sewn.  [Lond.  1870] 

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BICKIINSIAN  A— Continued. 

217.  EDITORIAL  PRIVATE  LETTER  Copying  Book, 
from  the  Office  of  "All  the  Year  Round."  Commencing 
March,  1859,  when  it  was  conducted  by  Charles  Dickens, 
assisted  by  W.  H.  Wills,  and  running  on  to  June,  1867,  it 
recommences  (under  the  conduct  of  Charles  Dickejis,  Jr.), 
April,  1871,  and  proceeds  without  break  to  August,  1880. 
Indexed.    4to,  original  boards,  in  a  half  cloth  portfolio. 

Lond.  1859-80 

*  It  contains :  Six  long  and  interesting  letters  by  Dickens, 
upon  literary  subjects  and  personal  matters,  addressed  to 
Charles  Reade,  James  T.  Fields,  Charles  Lever,  Bulwer-Lytton, 
Christopher  Pope.  About  200  letters  from  Mr.  Wills  and  nearly 
400  letters  from  Charles  Dickens  the  younger. 

The  above  are  all  impressions  taken  from  the  actual  Auto- 
graph Letters  by  a  copying  press  on  the  usual  tissue  paper. 

218.  THE  LIFE  of  Charles  Dickens.  By  John  Forster. 
Illustrated.  First  Edition.  .3  vols.  8vo,  full  blue  crushed 
levant  morocco,  paneled  sides,  gilt  back  and  inside  border, 
gilt  edges   (slightly  rubbed).  Lond.  1872-74 

*  Presentation  copy  from  Porster  to  Frederick  Ouvry,  the 
intimate  friend  of  Charles  Dickens,  and  with  his  bookplate  in 
each  volume.  Mr.  Ouvry  has  inserted  in  the  third  volume  two 
AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  FROM  DiCKENS  to  him,  both  of  which  are 
very  fine,  one  a  long  and  extremely  interesting  letter,  4  pages 
12mo,  dated  Springfield,  Mass.  (while  he  was  on  his  last  lectur- 
ing tour  in  America).     The  other  one  page,  12mo.    Lond.  1859. 

219.  LIFE  OF  DICKENS,  by  Adolphus  William  Ward. 
' '  English  Men  of  Letters. ' '  First  Edition.  12mo,  full  polished 
calf,  gilt  back,  gilt  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  Kaufmann. 

Lond.:  Macmillan,  1882 

*  Extra-illustrated  by  the  insertion  op  48  portraits, 
viEV\rs,  AND  PLATES  FROM  HIS  WORKS,  of  which  there  are  eight 
different  portraits  of  Dickens  himself,  also  one  of  his  father. 
In  addition  to  these  illustrations  there  are  6  A.  L's  S.  of  one 
page  each,  from  Thomas  Hood,  Webster  the  Comedian,  John 
Forster,  Sir  C.  W.  Dilke,  Laman  Blanchard,  Peter  Cunningham, 
and  an  A.  S.  of  Sir  Edward  Bulwer  Lytton.  From  the  col- 
lection of  Frederick  Hendricks,  with  his  etched  bookplate,  by 
E.  Evans. 

220.  KITTON  (FREDERICK  G.).  The  Novels  of  Charles 
Dickens.  A  Bibliography.  16mo,  full  polished  brown  calf, 
gilt,  gilt  tops,  uncut,  by  Riviere.  Lond.  1897 

*  Author  's  Proof  Copy,  with  corrections  and  additions  on 
almost  every  page  in  Kitton's  autograph,  and  with  his  initials 
in  many  places.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  are  three  autograph  post- 
cards to  the  printers  relating  to  corrections  to  be  made  in  the 
book. 

221.  GENTLEMEN.  Par  J.  de  Montfrileux.  Illustrated 
with  aquarelles  hy  Harry  Eliott,  mounted.  Royal  8vo,  half 
brown  levant  morocco,  inlaid  back,  gilt  top,  uncut,  original 
wrappers  bound  in,  by  David.  Paris,  1909 

*  A  French  adaptation  of  one  of  Charles  Dickens's  novels,  of 
which  only  a  few  copies  were  issued. 

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DIOKENSIANA — Continued. 

222.  MY  FATHER  As  I  Recall  Him.  Illustrated.  12mo, 
half  green  morocco,  gilt  top,  original  covers  bound  in. 

Roxburghe  Press,  Westminster,  n.  d. 

*  Inserted  is  a  four  page  A.  L,  S.  of  Mamie  Dickens. 

223.  WILKINS  (WILLIAM  GLYDE).  First  and  Early 
American  Editions  of  the  Works  of  Charles  Dickens.  Fac- 
similes.   Royal  8vo,  boards,  cloth  back,  uncut. 

Cedar  Rapids:  Privately  Printed,  1910 

*  One  of  300  copies. 

224.  PROGRAMME  of  the  Annual  Dinner  of  the  Boz  Club, 
Feb.  7,  1914.    6  illustrations.    8vo,  wrappers.  Lond.  1914 

225.  ENGRAVED  PORTRAIT  by  Finden,  after  Maclise; 
The  same,  engraved  by  Buttre;  Autograph  addressed  envelope 
to  C.  Roach  Smith,  with  signature  of  Dickens.    3  pieces. 

226.  TRIAL  of  John  Jasper,  for  the  Murder  of  Edwin 
Drood,  Heard  by  Justice  G.  K.  Chesterton.  Small  4to, 
wrappers.  .  Lond.  1914 

227.  PLAYS  from  Dickens'  Novels.  Peregrinations  of 
Pickwick;  David  Copperfield;  Cricket  on  the  Hearth;  Iden- 
tity; Oliver  Twist;  Dombey  and  Son;  Nicholas  Nickleby. 
8  pieces,  12mo,  wrappers  in  a  crimson  half  morocco  slip-case. 

Lond.  and  N.  Y.,  v.  d. 

228.  PLAYS  from  Dickens'  Novels.  Cricket  on  the  Hearth ; 
Mrs.  Harris;  The  Chimes;  Nicholas  Nickleby;  Old  Curiosity 
Shop.  Illustrated.  5  pieces,  12mo  and  16mo,  original  wrappers. 
In  a  crimson  half  morocco  slip-case.  Lond.,  v.  d. 


FURNITURE  FROM  GADS  HILL. 

229.  SMALL  UPHOLSTERED  CHAIR,  covered  with 
striped  satin  (worn)  ;  with  chintz  slip-cover.  On  the  front  is 
a  plate  inscribed :  **  Charles  Dickens.  From  Drawing  Room. 
Gads  Hill."  A  card  of  certification,  in  the  handwriting  of 
Georgiana  Hogarth,  will  be  sold  with  the  chair. 

230.  SMALL  UPHOLSTERED  ARM  CHAIR,  covered  in 
figured  linen,  uniform  with  sofa  and  the  other  arm  chair; 
with  chintz  slip-cover.  On  the  front  is  a  plate  inscribed 
"Charles  Dickens.  From  Drawing  Room.  Gads  Hill."  A 
card  of  certification  in  the  handwriting  of  Georgiana  Hogarth 
will  be  sold  with  the  chair. 

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TUCKENQIAN  A— Continued. 

231.  SMALL  UPHOLSTERED  SOFA,  covered  with 
figured  linen.  On  the  front  is  a  plate  with  the  inscription : 
"Charles  Dickens,  From  Drawing  Room,  Gads  Hill."  Slip- 
cover of  flowered  chintz.  Sold  with  card  of  certification  in 
the  handwriting  of  Georgiana  Hogarth,  dated  1870. 

232.  SMALL  ROSEWOOD  CHAIR  with  tapestry  seat. 
On  the  back  is  a  plate  with  the  inscription :  ' '  Charles  Dickens. 
From  Miss  Hogarth 's  room.  Gads  Hill. ' '  With  card  of  certifi- 
cation in  the  handwriting  of  Georgiana  Hogarth,  dated  1870. 
The  back  has  been  repaired. 

233.  TWO  DINING  ROOM  CHAIRS  of  mahogany  with 
red  rep  seats.  On  the  front  of  each  is  a  plate  inscribed: 
"From  the  Dining  Room  at  Gads  Hill."  A  card  of  verifica- 
tion in  the  handwriting  of  Georgiana  Hogarth,  dated  1870, 
will  be  sold  with  the  chairs. 

234.  UPHOLSTERED  ARM  CHAIR,  covered  in  figured 
linen  to  match  the  small  sofa,  with  satin  slip-cover.  On  the 
front  is  a  plate  inscribed :  ' '  Charles  Dickens.  From  Drawing 
Room.  Gads  Hill."  A  card  of  certification  in  the  hand- 
writing of  Georgiana  Hogarth,  dated  1870,  will  be  sold  with 
the  chair. 

236.  SQUARE  OAK  BENCH  with  cane  seat.  On  the  front 
is  a  plate  with  the  inscription:  "Formerly  the  Property  of 
Charles  Dickens.  Purchased  at  the  Gadshill  Sale  by  Mrs. 
Banes. ' '  This  was  one  of  a  set  of  four  that  stood  in  the  Chalet 
given  to  Dickens  by  Fechter. 

(See  Illustration.) 

235a.  cedar  serving  TABLE  with  two  shelves,  three 
and  a  half  feet  long.  On  the  front  is  a  plate  bearing  the  in- 
scription :  ' '  Charles  Dickens.  From  the  Dining  Room  at  Gads 
Hill."     ( One  leg  has  been  repaired. ) 

236.  HANGING  LAMP  FIXTURE  used  by  Dickens  at 
Gads  Hill.  Large  ornamental  fixture  for  an  oil  lamp,  with 
candelabra  attachments  and  chains  for  adjusting  the  height. 
With  the  above  is  a  card  in  the  handwriting  of  Miss  Hogarth, 
reading:  "This  is  to  certify  that  this  Hanging  Lamp  hung 
over  the  Dining  Room  Table  at  Gads  Hill.  Georgiana 
Hogarth." 


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AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  BY  CHARLES  DICKENS. 

237.  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo,  Mirror  of  Parliament  Office,  Thurs- 
day Night  [1834].  Relating  to  the  purchase  of  a  house.  To 
Charles  Molloy. 

*  Early  letter  written  in  Dickens 's  twenty-second  year. 

238.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Bentinck  Street,  Thursday  Even- 
ing.   Endorsed  March  6,  1834. 

*  "  7  shall  beg  to  decline  any  further  negociation  for  the 
purchase  of  the  house  in  Holywell  Street."  Very  early  letter. 
Mended  in  folds  and  edges. 

239.  A,  L,  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  Furnivals  Inn,  Monday  Morning, 
To''My  dear  Robert": 

*  "7  have  just  been  requested  to  hurry  two  articles  I  have  to 
write  this  weelc."    n.  d.,  but  probably  1836. 

240.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Chalk,  near  Gravesend,  Monday 
afternoon  [Feb.  6,  1837].  To  J.  P.  Harley,  St.  James  Theatre, 
London. 

*  A  very  fine  and  interesting  Dickens  letter,  undoubtedly  re- 
ferring to  the  preparation  and  production  of  the  famous  farce 
"Is  She  His  Wife?"  Although  no  cojiy  of  the  original  edition 
of  this  play  is  extant,  it  is  known,  from  playbills  of  the  first 
performance,  that  James  P.  Harley  of  the  St.  James's  Theatre 
•both  produced  and  acted  in  this  farce  on  March  6,  1837,  just 
one  month  after  the  date  of  this  letter.  All  evidence  available 
tends  to  prove  that  the  MS.  spoken  of  in  the  letter  is  that  of 
the  play  in  question,  and  further  no  other  work  of  this  char- 
acter is  known  to  have  been  produced  by  Dickens  at  this 
period. 

He  writes  in  part:  "Not  having  had  time  to  finish  altering 
the  farce  before  I  left  town,  I  brought  it  down  here  with  me 
on  Saturday;  altered  it  on  Saturday  night;  and  (by  previous 
arrangement)  forivarded  it  pr  mail  directed  to  Mr.  Hogarth 
Junr.  to  be  left  at  the  office  t?i  the  city  till  called  for.  He  ivas 
to  finish  copying  it  on  Sunday,  ^~  leave  it  at  the  Theatre  for 
you  to-day,"  etc. 

241.  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  8vo,  Doughty  Street,  circa  1838.  Mourn- 
ing paper.     To  Sergeant  Talfourd. 

*  One  of  Dickens's  very  early  letters,  referring  to  the  Action 
of  Macready  against  Westmacott.     Signed  in  full. 

"7  had  Molloy  with  me  this  morning  who  has  been  .  .  .  and 
expressing  his  hope  that  after  the  actual  tone  of  the  Age  and 
their  present  readiness  to  drop  any  system  of  annoyance  against 
you,  you  ivill  not  aid  and  abet  Macready  in  the  proceeding.  I 
should  say  that  he  adds  it  is  a  mere  conspirancy  with  Polhill 
against  Dunn,  to  suit  a  purpose  of  his  (Polhill's)  oivn,  tvhich 
he  declares  White  and  Whitmore  have  unconsciously  disclosed 
to  him,  and  of  which  it  is  his  intention,  if  the  action  be  pressed 
to  take  every  advantage.  .  .  .  You  may  see  something  in  Mol- 
loy's  stirring  in  the  affair  which  I  do  not,"  etc. 

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AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  BY  CHARLES  DICKENS— Continued 

242.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  To  George  Henry  Lewes,  friend 
of  George  Eliot.  [1838] 

*  Dated  only  ' '  Saturday  evening, ' '  and  written  from  the 
Parthenon  Club.  "In  consequence  of  the  Coronation,  the 
Booksellers  make  the  26th  of  this  month  the  day  for  delivering 
periodicals  to  the  trade  and  I  am  consequently  obliged  to  go 
hard  to  work." 

The  Coronation  of  Queen  Victoria  took  place  on  June  28, 
1838. 

243.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  1,  Devonshire  Terrace,  Sunday, 
8th.  March  [1839].    To  Mrs.  Thomson,  the  historical  writer. 

*  "  In  all  that  you  say  so  well  concerning  poor  Mrs.  Lan- 
don  and  her  unfortunate  daughter  I  most  cordially  and  heartily 
concur. ' '  Mentions  also  Forster  and  Bulwer.  Miss  Landon, 
who  signed  her  writings  ''L.  E.  L.,"  died,  probably  from  an 
overdose  of  prussic  acid,  in  South  Africa,  October,  1838. 

244.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Devonshire  Terrace.  Sunday. 
To  T.  J.  Thompson. 

*  *  *  Maclise  and  I  coming  from  the  place  where  you  were  not 
last  night  and  ^oing  into  the  Piazza  to  supper  then  and  there 
encountered  Forster." 

With  two  photographic  portraits  of  Dickens. 

245.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  40,  Albion  Street,  Broadstairs,  Sept. 
21st,  1839.    To  Thomas  Hill. 

*"I  could  not  possibly  dispense  with  your  attendance  at 
my  Nickleby  Dinner." 

246.  A.  L.  S.,  31/4  pp.  8vo.     Sunday  Twelfth  September, 

1841. 

*  To  George  Cattermole,  the  artist,  giving  instructions  for 
illustrating  "Master  Humphrey's  Clock." 

' '  Will  you  design  upon  a  block  of  wood,  Lord  George  Gor- 
don, alone  and  very  solitary,  in  his  prison  in  the  Tower  ....  a 
sword  duel  between  Mr.  Eavedale  and  Mr.  Chester  in  a  grove 
of  trees,"  etc.,  etc. 

247.  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  8vo.  1  Devonshire  Terrace,  York  Gate, 
Regents  Park.  London,  April,  The  Twenty  First,  1841.  To 
Washington  Irving. 

*  Very  fine  letter.  "My  dear  Washington  Irving,  I  cannot 
thank  you  enough  for  your  cordial  and  generous  praise  or  tell 
you  what  deep  and  lasting  gratification  it  has  given  me.'"' 
Also  says:  /  should  like  to  travel  with  you  outside  the  last 
of  the  coaches  to  Bracebridge  Sail. ' ' 

248.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Devonshire  Terrace,  Tuesday  Even- 
ing, Ninth  March,  1841. 

*  To  Mitton.  Business  letter  relating  to  the  payment  of 
some  debts,    "/  am  more  fearful  than  I  can  tell  you,  of  en- 

.  couraging  his  expectations,"  etc. 

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AUTOGEAPH  LETTEKS  BY  CHARLES  DICKENS— Continued 

249.  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  4to.  1,  Devonshire  Terrace,  York  Gate, 
Regents  Park.  Thirty  first  December,  1842.  To  Prof.  Felton, 
at  Cambridge,  Mass. 

*  Very  long  letter  of  over  1,200  words  and  of  many  inter- 
esting references.  "The  American  book  has  been  a  success 
in  spite  of  adverse  criticisms  by  Warren  who  wrote  a  story 
called  Ten  Thousand  a  Year. ' '  Speaks  of  the  slave-owners. 
"Dickens  does  not  write  for  their  satisfaction  and  Dickens  will 
7iot  explain  for  their , comfort."  Speaks  of  Mr.  Pecksniff  and 
his  daughters,  etc.,  etc. 

One  of  the  longest  and  most  interesting  letters  by 
Dickens  ever  offered  for  sale. 

250.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to.  1  Devonshire  Terrace,  York  Gate, 
Regents  Park.  Twenty  Eighth  December,  1842.  To  Cornelius 
Mathews,  14  Pine  Street,  New  York. 

*  Speaks  of  international  copyright  and  ' '  The  nefarious  sys- 
tem which  now  exists,"  Refers  also  to  "  'My  American  book/ 
The  American  Journal  'brother  Jonathan'  and  'the  free  and 
independent  doctrines  of  Mr.  Benjamin,  which  are  popular 
and  patriotic.'  " 

251.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Broadstairs,  Kent,  Fourteenth 
September,  1842. 

*  To  W.  H.  Ainsworth.  Sends  him  a  MS.  by  "  a  young 
gentleman  in  Devonshire"  which  he  thinks  "very  pretty"  and 
hopes  that  when  he  comes  home  at  the  end  of  the  month  "we 
shall  foregather  more  frequently." 

252.  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  4to.  London,  Sunday,  31st  July,  1842. 
To  Professor  Felton  (lacking  signature,  but  separate  signature 
dated  16th  March,  1842,  added).     Two  pieces. 

*  Contains  an  account  of  Dando  the  great  oyster  eater.  "He 
used  to  go  into  oyster  shops  without  a  farthing  of  money  and 
stand  at  the  counter  eating  natives  imtil  the  man  who  opened 
them  grew  pale,  cast  down  his  knife,  staggered  backward, 
struck  his  white  forehead  with  his  open  hand  and  cried  '¥ou 
are  Dando  .'  !  !'  Re  has  been  known  to  eat  twenty  dozen  at 
one  sitting  and  ivould  have  eaten  forty  if  the  truth  had  not 
flashed  upon  the  shopkeeper."  Dickens  further  describes  the 
manner  of  Dando 's  death  in  gaol  while  in  the  act  of  swallowing 
an  oyster. 

253.  A.  L.  S.,  6  pp.  8vo.  Clinton  House,  Niagara  Falls, 
Twenty  ninth  April,  1842.    To  Prof.  Felton. 

*  A  letter  of  great  and  diverse  interest.  Mentions 
Bryant,  Sumner  and  Longfellow  and  says  also:  "One  of 
the  noble  hearts  who  sat  for  the  Cheeryble  Brothers  is  dead. 
If  I  had  been  in  England,  I  would  certainly  have  gone  into 
mourning  for  the  loss  of  such  a  Glorious  Life."  Speaks  of 
going  to  Montreal,  and  humorously  adds  "Bis'ness  first,  pleas- 
ure arterwards  as  King  Richard  the  Third  said  ven  he  stabbed 
the  t'other  King  in  the  Tower  afore  he  murdered  the  babbies." 

254.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Fuller's  Hotel,  Washington,  Twelfth 
March,  1842. 

*  To  George  Watterston,  first  librarian  of  Congress  and 
author.     Thanking  him  for  the  present  of  a  book. 

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AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  BY  CHARLES  BICKERS— Continued 

265.  A.  L,  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Broadstairs,  Twenty  seventh  Sep- 
tember, 1843. 

*  To  Chapman  &  Hall,  asking  them  to  send  him  a  book, 
"The  Pursuit  of  Knowledge  under  Difficulties." 

256.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo,  Broadstairs,  Kent,  Fifth  Septem- 
ber, 1843. 

*  To  John  Overs,  author  of  "Evenings  of  a  Working  Man," 
to  which  Dickens  wrote  the  Preface  and  Dedication.  Suggests 
that  he  write  some  original  articles  of  interest  to  working  men 
in  London. 

257.  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  8vo.  Osnaburgh  Terrace,  May  1,  1844. 
To  Thomas  Mitton,  with  addressed  envelope. 

*  A  letter  of  friendly  remonstrance  and  advice  to  Mitton, 
one  of  his  earliest  friends: 

' '  Any  words  tut  words  of  Icindness  between  such  old  friends 
as  you  and  me  occasions  me  unaffected  pain  .  .  .  if  you  Tcnow 
anything  in  which  my  heart  has  cJianged  for  the  colder  or  the 
worse  with  the  charge  in  my  fortunes  I  do  not, ' '  etc. 

258.  A.  L.  S.  with  initials.  1  p.  4to,  "Office  of  The  Daily 
-News. ' '    First  January,  1846. 

*  To  Prof.  Felton,  saying  * '  The  Cricket  is  a  most  tremendous 
success.  It  has  beaten  my  two  other  Carols  out  of  the  field,  and 
is  going  still  like  wildfire,"  etc. 

Letters  from  the  "Daily  News"  office  are  of  great  scarcity 
as  Dickens  was  editor  for  a  very  short  while. 

259.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to.  Rosemont,  Lausanne,  Switzerland. 
Thirty  First  August,  1846.  With  address  and  note  on  back 
"Robert  Keeley  Esquire,  Favored  by  John  Forster  Esquire 
&c  &c.    Charles  Dickens." 

*  "I  gave  a  promise  to  Willmott  last  year  that  you  should 
have  my  Christmas  Book  of  this  year  in  time  to  dramatize  and 
act  on  the  night  of  its  publication,  for  another  hundred 
pounds." 

The  "Christmas  Book"  referred  to  was  "The  Battle  of 
Life. ' ' 

260.  A.  L.  S.,  with  initials.  To  ]\Iark  Lemon,  Devonshire 
Terrace,  Seventh  October,  1847. 

*  Speaking  of  ' '  the  professional 's  benefit. ' ' 

261.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to.  Broadstairs,  Kent,  Twenty  ninth 
June,  1847.  To  T.  Curry,  at  Porto  Franco,  Italy,  mth  address 
■on  which  is  a  signature  in  full. 

*  Long  and  interesting  letter.  ' '  We  have  come  down  here  for 
three  months  ivith  all  the  children  ill  of  the  whooping  cough." 
Also  give  a  humorous  account  of  a  dinner  at  which  a  Mr. 
Fletcher  appeared  with  "a  very  red  face  and  a  very  excited 
eye.  .  .  .  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  if  I  had  not  been  there  he 
would  have  opened  Gibbs  like  an  oyster." 

262.  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.  Regents  Park,  London.  Third 
April,  1847.    To  a  "Miss  M." 

*  Speaks  of  the  lady 's  frankness  and  kind  nature  "It  is  so 
agreeable  to  me,  indeed  that  it  induces  me  to  break  through 
the  rule  I  generally  observe,  of  never  replying  to  a  correspond- 
ent who  writes  me  anonymously."  Also  says  "I  regret  to 
say. that  I  do  not  understand  German." 

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263.  A,  L.  S.,  4  pp.  8vo.  1,  Chester  Place,  Regents  Park, 
Friday,  Fourth  June,  1847. 

*  To  B.  Lumley,  theatrical  manager,  complaining  about  a 
doorkeeper  whose  behavior  ' '  teas  more  disparaging  and  uncivil 
than  I  have  ever  had  occasion  to  notice  in  any  -public  place  I 
have  ever  entered." 

264.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  Svo,  Devonshire  Terrace.  Thursday 
Ninth  November,  1848.  To  Mark  Lemon,  with  stamped  en- 
velope. 2  pieces.  Written  on  mourning  paper.  His  sister 
died  in  this  year. 

265.  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.  1  Devonshire  Terrace,  York  Gate. 
Twenty  ninth  February,  1848.  To  General  Jebb,  inspector  of 
prisons. 

*"I  am  going  down  to  Brighton  to  day  to  finish  the  story 
on  which  I  am  at  present  engaged."  Refers  also  to  a  young 
woman  in  Pentonville  Prison. 

266.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Devonshire  Terrace,  Ninth  Feb- 
ruary, 1849.    To  ' '  My  dear  Fred. ' '    Signed  "CD." 

*  Thanking  him  for  his  birthday  remembrance.  ' '  Bla^kmore 
has  (at  your  request)  your  copy  of  the  Haunted  Man.  I  don't 
know  how  I  made  the  mistake,  but  I  thought  I  had  certainly 
sent  you  one."  etc. 

267.  A.  L.  S.  (initials),  4  pp.  12mo,  Bonchurch,  Sept.  25th, 
1849.    To  Evans. 

*  A  LETTER  OF  THE  HIGHEST  IMPORTANCE  TO  EVANS,  HIS 
PRINTER,  DESCRIPTIVE  OF  THE  ILLNESS  OF  JOHN  LEECH,  THE 
ILLUSTRATOR,   WHO   HAD   BEEN   INJURED  WHILE  BATHING  AT   BON- 

CHURCH.  Dickens  was  at  Bonchurch  engaged  in  writing  David 
Copperfield,  where  he,  Leech  and  others  ..."  had  great  games 
at  rounders  every  afternoon,  with  all  Bonchurch  looking  on." 
"My  Dear  Evans — 

This  letter  is  really  addressed  both  to  you  and  Lemon  [editor 
of  Punch  in  later  years], — to  whom  Leech  is  anxious  I  should 
write.  As  I  promised  yesterday,  to  repeat  my  report  to  you,  I 
write  to-day,  and  will  write  to  Lemon  (at  Whitefriars),  to- 
morrow. 

Leech  continued  pretty  much  the  same  until  early  yesterday 
evening,  when  he  became  worse,  and  complaining  afresh  of  the 
pain  in  his  head,  had  leeches  on  again,  mustard  poultices  to  the 
back  of  his  neck,  a  mustard  bath  to  his  feet.  .  .  I  was  there 
from  8  until  1/2  past  10,  and  sharing  the  terrible  restlessness 
of  his  condition,  and  knowing  the  utter  impossibility  of  his  get- 
ting better,  and  the  moral  certainty  of  his  getting  worse,  un- 
less he  could  fall  asleep,  suggested  that  it  might  be  iccll  to 
mesmerise  him.  As  neither  he  nor  Mis.  Leech  were  anything 
but  anxious  that  it  should  be  done,  on  my  assurance  that  it 
could  not  possibly  do  him  any  harm  .  .  .  at  1/2  past  2  this 
morning  he  knocked  me  up,  and  I  went  there.  His  restlessness 
had  become  most  distressing,  and  it  was  quite  impossible  to 
get  him,  to  maintain  any  one  position  for  five  minutes.  He  was 
like  a  ship  in  distress,  in  a  sea  of  bed  clothes.  In  the  difficulty 
of  getting  at  him,  and  of  doing  the  thing  with  any  reasonable 
effect,  at  first  in  a  dark  room,  it  was  more  than  half  an  hour 
before  I  could  so  far  tranquilize  him  (by  the  magnetism  I 
mean),  as  to  keep  him  composed  awake  for  five  minutes  to- 

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gether.  Then  that  effect  began,  and  he  said  he  felt  comfort- 
able  and  happy. 

As  the  clock  struck  four,  he  asked  me  (in  the  odd  way  com- 
■  mon  to  people  under  that  influence)  what  it  meant  by  striking 
twice,  and  in  a  few  minutes  fell  fast  asleep,  breathing  deeply 
and  regularly,  and  neither  snoring  nor  starting.  .  .  .  To  pre- 
vent talk  about  it  [the  magnetism^,  we  have  agreed  not  to 
tell  him  {the  doctor)  of  the  thing,  at  all  events  for  the  present, 
though  I  understand  he  is  favorable  to  magnetism. 

Mrs.  Leech  .  .  .  is  in  great  spirits  at  the  improvement,  and 
was  much  astonished  in  the  night  when  we  talked  across  him 
...  7  am  rather  stupid  and  write  drowsily. ' ' 

268.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.    Devonshire  Terrace.    Oct.  22,  1849. 
To  T.  N.  Talfourd. 

*  ' '  You  will  observe  that  these  bills  are  very  red.  They 
turned  that  color  this  morning  when  I  took  them  out  of  my 
desk  on  returning  home,  and  remembered  that  I  engaged  to 
send  them  to  Bussell  Square  almost  two  months  ago." 

269.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.    Devonshire  Terrace,  Juin  6,  1860, 

*  Written  in  French  to  Henri  de  Regnier,  a  French  writer. 
An  invitation  to  dinner  "sans  ceremonie."  A  very  unusual 
specimen. 

270.  A.  L,  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.    Devonshire  Terrace,  8th  February, 
1850.    To  Graham  Willmore. 

*  ' '  Though  I  quite  agree  with  you  in  the  abstract  as  to  the 
importance  of  trial  by  jury  I  cannot  say  that  I  participate  in 
your  alartns,"  etc. 

271.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.    10  Camden  Crescent,  Dover,  Aug. 
13,  1862.    To  George  Scott.    With  envelope.    2  pieces. 

*  "J  am  sorry  I  don't  know  Dr.  Vaughan  .  .  .  otherioise  I 
should  have  been  truly  glad  to  have  had  the  pleasure  of  com- 
plying with  your  request  .  .  .  Mrs.  Dickens  and  her  sister  are 
very  sorry  to  hear  that  Mrs.  Scott  has  been  ill  .  .  .  (I  suppose 
she  has  not  been  eating  any  Wild  Boar  lately.)  "  etc. 

272.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.    Tavistock  House.    Jan.  14th,  1853. 
To  Henry  T.  Tuckerman. 

*"7  cannot  undertake  to  answer  for  any  other  periodical 
than  Household  Words,  as  I  have  not  the  least  connexion  with 
any  other  such  miscellany,"  etc. 

273.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.    Tavistock  House.    Dec.  18,  1853. 
To  William  J.  Clement. 

*"I  should  be  much  pleased  to  know  that  you  heard  me 
read  the  Carol — Friday  is  for  the  working  people,  and  I  should 
think  will  be  by  far  the  most  interesting  evening,"  etc. 

274.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.    Tavistock  House,  April  10,  1865. 
To  J.  F.  Millais. 

*"I  asked  Wilkie  Collins  to  let  you  know  that  there  is  a 
curious  accidental  appositeness  in  some  lines  in  Gay's  Trivia. 
You  will  find  them  over  leaf  here,"  etc. 

276.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.    Tavistock  House,  May  1,  1855.    To 
Mrs.  Gaskell. 

*  "You  are  at  perfect  liberty  to  collect  your  stories,  etc.,  in 
Household  Words,  and  republish  them  separately,"  etc. 

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276.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Paris,  Nov.  10,  1856.  To  [Bradbury 
and  Evans] .    Signed  with  his  initials, 

*  "It  occurs  to  me  in  reference  to  the  Little  Dorrit  Free  List, 
that  there  really  is  no  need  to  send  it  to  my  two  "brothers  unless 
they  should  apply  for  it.  I  would  rather  that  Holdsworth  and 
John  at  the  H.  W.  office  had  it. ' '  etc. 

277.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  Svo.  Paris,  Dec.  12,  1855.  To  Pigott. 
A  fine  characteristic  letter. 

*  "If  you  and  your  friend  will  do  us  the  pleasure  of  coming 
early  in  the  evening  of  that  day  (Friday),  you  would  find 
Viardot  here,  Ary  Scheffer,  and  Regnier  ....  Got  Wilkie  into 
the  Xmas  No.  hy  sledge  hammer  force.  He  has  written  a 
charming  paper  .  .  .  nothing  can  he  more  pleasant,  easy,  gay 
and  unaffected,"  etc. 

278.  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.  Paris,  April  17,  1856.  To  Mrs. 
"Willmore.  A  fine  friendly  letter,  relieving  the  anxiety  of  Mrs, 
Willmore  for  the  safety  of  her  husband  who  was  travelling. 

279.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Tavistock  House,  Oct.  17,  1856. 
To  the  Rev.  W.  Elwin. 

*"You  shall  have  dv^  reminder  of  Twelfth  Night.  Already 
the  clink  of  hammers  gives  awful  note  of  preparation,  and  in 
the  evening  hours  my  elder  children  go  through  fearful  drill 
under  their  rugged  parent.  It  not  only  unites  us  in  a  pleasant 
amusement,  hut  is  a  wonderful  discipline  in  punctuality,  per- 
severance and  ingenuity.  One  of  these  days,  perhaps,  I  may 
read  at  Norwich,  when  there  are  no  Little  Dorrits  and  no  plays 
holding  on  round  my  neck,"  etc. 

280.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Tavistock  House,  Dec.  12,  1856. 
To  his  brother  Frederick,  who  had  applied  to  him  for  assist- 
ance. 

*  "  I  have  already  done  more  for  you  than  most  dispassionate 
persons  would  consider  right  or  reasonable  in  itself.  But,  con- 
sidered with  any  fair  reference  to  the  great  expences  I  have 
sustained  for  other  relatives,  it  becomes  little  else  than  mon- 
strous. The  possibility  of  your  having  any  further  assistance 
from  me,  is  absolutely  and  finally  past." 

281.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Gad's  Hill  Place,  Aug.  17,  1857. 
To  H.  G.  Adams. 

*  *  *  Your  letter  finds  me  leaving  this  for  London,  and  Man- 
chester: To  bring  to  a  close  the  exertions  that  have  been  for 
some  weeks  in  progress,  in  rememberance  of  the  late  Mr.  Jer- 
rold.  I  cannot  therefore  have  the  pleasure  of  making  an  ap- 
pointment at  present  to  receive  the  Deputation  from  the  Chat- 
ham and  Rochester  Mechanics  Institution.  On  my  return  how- 
ever, which  I  hope  will  be  within  a  fortnight,  I  will  write  to 
you  again,  proposing  a  time  for  that  purpose.  .  .  .  if  the  gentle- 
men who  purpose  coming  to  me  have  it  in  contemplation  to  ask 
me  to  make  any  public  appearance,  of  any  kind,  in  aid  of  their 
Institution  I  shall  be  obliged  to  decline,  I  have  lately  devoted 
to  the  cause  referred  to  in  the  beginning  of  this  note,  as  much 
time  and  personal  exertions  as  I  can  possibly  give  away;  and 
nothing  new  must  stand  between  me  and  my  own  pursuits  and 
recreations. ' ' 

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AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  BY  CHARLES  DICKENS— Con«n«e* 

282.  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  8vo.     Office  of  "Household  Words,'' 
June  9,  1857.    To  Lord  J.  Russell. 

*  An  extremely  interesting  and  long  letter,  giving  an  account 
of  Douglas  Jerrold's  iUness  and  death.  Mentions  Mark  Lemon^ 
John  Leech,  Thackeray,  etc.  Writing  of  plans  for  a  relief  fund 
for  Jerrold's  family,  he  says:  ''I  would  have  the  actors  (and 
old  T.  D.  Cooke)  play  The  Bent  Day  and  Black-Eyed  Susan, 
one  night.  On  another  night,  I  would  have  Thackeray  lecture. 
On  another  night  I  would  read,  or  do  anything.  On  another 
night  I  hope  you  could  lecture  to  a  good  large  liberal  compre- 
hensive public  audience."  etc. 

283.  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.     Tavistock  House,  July  10,  1857. 
To  W.  J.  Clement. 

*  Fine  long  letter.  ' '  Your  note  received  this  morning,  amases 
me.  Within  two  or  three  days  after  the  receipt  of  the  poor 
boy's  Manuscript,  I  returned  it  to  you  in  a  letter  replying  to 
yours  on  the  subject.  I  cannot  quite  accurately  recall  whether 
I  was  here  or  at  "Gravesend;  but  I  strongly  incline  to  the  belief 
that  I  was  at  the  latter  place.  In  that  case  I  posted  the  letter 
with  my  own  hand.  ...  I  must  indeed  have  changed  my  nature 
very  much  and  cast  my  nature  as  a  snake  does  his  skin,  if  I 
could  have  neglected  you  for  whom  I  have  a  truly  affectionate 

■  regard,  and  whom  I  first  knew  through  our  poor  dear   Tal- 
fourd. ' ' 

284.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.     Tavistock  House,  Nov.  25,  1858. 
To  Dr.  Elliotson. 

*  ' '  The  husband  of  that  lady  whom  I  mesmerised  in  Geneva 
long  ago,  and  whose  case  is  so  very  remarkable,  is  in  town  for 
a  few  days.  .  .  .  Can  you  dine  with  us, ' '  etc. 

285.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.    Brighton,  Nov.  13,  1858.    To  Mr. 
Winter. 

*  A  splendid  letter  on  Friendship.  ' '  In  the  hope  that  a 
friendly  word  of  remembrance  in  season  may  not  be  unaccept- 
able to  you,  I  write  to  assure  you  of  my  sympathy  with  you  in 
your  troubles.  But  do  not  let  it  cast  you  down  too  much.  What 
has  happened  to  you,  has  happened  to  many  thousands  of  good 
and  honorable  men,  and  will  happen  again  in  like  manner,  to 
the  end  of  things.  If  you  should  feel  the  bitterness  of  losing 
belief  in  any  nature  you  had  previously  trusted  in,  consider 
that  the  truth  is  always  better  than  a  falsehood,  even  though 
the  truth  involves  the  detection  of  such  skin-deep  friendship 
as  that  which  can  cool  towards  a  man  in  temporary  misfortune. 
.  .  .  You  will  not  think,  I  know,  that  I  obtrude  myself  upon  you 
in  asking  to  be  borne  in  mind  among  the  friends  who  feel  truly 
towards  you." 

286.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.    Tavistock  House,  May  4,  1860.    To 
Messrs.  L.  Hachette  and  Co. 

*  Referring  to  their  translation  of  ' '  The  Tale  of  Two  Cities, ' ' 
for  the  rights  of  which  they  paid  Dickens,  2,000  fr.  "J'ai  regu 
votre  lettre  avec  beaucoup  de  plaisir,  Je  suis  charmS  que  vous 
aves  entrepris  la  traduction  de  'The  Tale  of  Tivo  Cities,'  et 
que  cette  ouvrage  soit  connue  en  France.  Voila  un  de  mes. 
espoirs  les  plus  ardents,  en  I'ecrivant,"  etc. 

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AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  BY  CHARLES  DICKENS— Continued 

287.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Office  of  All  the  Year  Round, 
August  31,  1860.  To  Horace  JMayhevv.  Referring  to  his 
brother  Alfred's  death.  With  an  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  from  J.  0. 
]\Iayhew.    2  pieces. 

288.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Office  of  All  the  Year  Round,  Sept. 
19,  1861.  To  Rev.  G.  R.  Gleig.  Regarding  a  contribution  to 
H.  W.,  by  Mr.  Heaphy. 

*'*A8  if  everything  connected  with  the  story  were  destined 
to  he  curious,  this  thing  happens:  In  reply  to  my  assurance 
that  he  need  not  suspect  his  printers  of  treachery,  Mr.  Heaphy 
mildly  tvrites,  'how  else  could  my  version  have  the  right  date 
of  the  occurrence?'  Noiv  our  version  had  no  date  at  all,  but 
ivhen  I  came  to  correct  the  proof,  I  so  perceived  the  necessity 
of  some  date  to  make  the  effect  striking,  that  I  myself  wrote 
in  that  date  on  the  margin  of  the  proof,  and,  of  all  days  in 
the  three  hundred  and  sixty-five,  pitched  at  random  on  the 
right  day." 

289.  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.  Paris,  Dec.  7,  1862.  To  Eneas  S. 
Dallas.  Relating  to  the  affairs  of  Dr.  Elliotson,  and  his  de- 
spondent condition.  Edges  have  been  wet,  and  margins  of  the 
writing  effaced. 

*  "/  received  an  account  a  year  and  a  half  ago  of  Elliot- 
son's  despondency  and  tendency  to  suicide  .  .  .  I  do  not  at  all 
despair  of  our  being  able  to  persuade  Ellioison  to  retire, ' '  etc. 

290.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Office  of  All  the  Year  Round. 
May  16,  1863.  To  Charles  Shelton.  Referring  to  Sketches 
submitted  to  All  the  Year  Round.    (A  little  worn  in  the  folds.) 

291.  CHEQUE  on  Coutts  &  Co.,  25th  September,  1863. 
"Pay  to  Mr.  Ellis  or  bearer  Twenty  two  pounds,  one  shilling 
and  sixpence."    Signed  in  full. 

292.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Office  of  All  the  Year  Round. 
November  12,  1864.  To  E.  S.  Dallas  (a  little  worn  in  the 
folds). 

*  Refers  to  Leech.  The  greater  portion  of  the  letter  relates 
to  Leech's  fondness  for  a  young  midshipman,  whom  he  in- 
variably met  whenever  his  ship  was  in  port,  and  they  "used 
go  out  in  great  state,  and  dine  at  the  Garrick,  and  go  to  the 
play,"  etc. 

293.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Gad's  Hill  Place,  June  14,  1865.  To 
Mr.  Winter.  Referring  to  the  railroad  accident  at  Staplehurst, 
June  9,  1865,  in  which  he  was  injured. 

*  "Many  tJianks  for  your  kind  toords  of  remembrance.  This 
is  not  all  in  my  hand,  because  I  am  too  shaken  to  write  many 
notes.  Not  by  the  beating  and  dragging  of  the  carriage  in 
which  I  was  .  .  .  but  by  the  work  afterwards  to  get  out  the 
dying  and  aead,  which  was  terrible."  The  superscription  and 
subscription  are  in  Dickens's  hand. 

294.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Gad's  Hill  Place.  May  9,  1866. 
To  Henry  Glassford  Bell.  Regretting  his  inability  to  accept 
Bell's  invitations. 

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AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  BY  CHARLES  DICKENS— Con/inwed 

295.  A.  L.  S.,"  2  pp.  8vo.  Gad's  Hill  Place,  Oct.  '5,  1867. 
To  [Walter]  Thornbury.  Thornbury  was  one  of  the  principal 
contributors  to  ' '  Household  Words, ' '  and  this  letter  is  evi- 
dently Dickens's  reply  to  Thornbury 's  inquiry  as  to  the  advis- 
ability of  writing  on  various  topics. 

296.  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Office  of  "All  the  Year  Round." 
Oct.  22,  1867.    To  Mr.  Kelly  enclosing  a  cheque  for  £20. 

297.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Gad's  Hill  Place,  Nov.  22,  1867. 
To  Mr.  Chappell.  Refers  to  an  arrangement  for  a  series  of 
Readings. 

*  "I  came  over  here  very  prosperously,  thanJc  God  .  ...  As 
soon  as  the  Hotel  began  to  stand  still  (it  had  got  into  a  con- 
firmed hahit  of  rocMng  when  I  reached  it)  I  referred  to  your 
memorandum  and  considered  it  ...  I  readily  accept  your  terms 
of  £80.  a  night  for  the  Farewell  Readings  at  home,  provided 
they  extend  to  100  in  number, ' '  etc. 

•     298.  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.    Gad's  Hill  Place,  June  4,  1868.    To 
E.  Yardley.    Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  a  package  of  books. 

299.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Gad's  Hill  Place,  Dec.  26,  1868.  To 
George  Dolby.  With  envelope  addressed  by  Dickens,  and 
bearing  his  autograph.  Wishing  him  and  his  the  compliments 
of  the  season.    Signed  "CD." 

*  ' '  Miss  Hogarth  so  clearly  wants  a  change  that  I  thinTc  I 
will  talce  her  to  Ireland  along  with  the  Caravan,  as  she  is  a  good 
sailor.  .  .  .  Commencing  a  course  of  'Oliver'  to-day,"  etc. 

300.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  Gad's  Hill  Place,  August  6,  1869. 
To  Sir  Arthur  Helps. 

*  Referring  to  an  incident  at  a  "  cheap  Hotel ' '  in  which 
* '  Virtue  was  quite  as  triumphant  .  .  .  as  she  usually  is  in  real 
life.  .  .  indeed,  I  thought,  rather  more  so.  Your  Worship 
flourishes  in  the  general  remembrance  here,  and  one  of  your 
songs  is  being  sung  at  this  moment." 

301.  A.  N.  S.  (with  initials).  Office  of  All  the  Year  Round, 
Aug.  31,  1869.  To  W.  Charles  Kent.  Friendly  letter.  With 
envelope,  addressed  by  Dickens,  and  also  bearing  his  signature 
in  full.    2  pieces. 

302.  A.  L.  S.  (with  initials).  5  Hyde  Park  Place,  April  1, 
1870.    To  Sir  Arthur  Helps. 

*  "I  remember  mysterious  announcements  in  the  newspapers 
about  people  to  be  presented  having  to  send  their  cards  to  the 
Lord  Chamberlain's  office,  'two  clear  days'  before  something. 
Is  there  any  such  obligation  on  your  Godson,"  etc. 

303.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  i5  Hyde  Park  Place,  April  7,  1870. 
To  C.  Hampden  Wigram,  expressing  his  regrets  at  being 
unable  to  comply  with  a  request  for  speech-making.  This 
letter  was  written  two  months  prior  to  his  death. 

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304.  DOBSON   (AUSTIN).     Hogarth.     Illustrated.     8vo,_ 
cloth.     (Great  Artists  series.)  Lond.  1879- 

*  First  Edition.  An  Association  copy  of  much  interest,  be- 
ing a  presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  Mr.  Stedman  ac- 
companied by  a  signed  autograph  manuscript  poem  "A 
Familiar  Epistle  to  E.  C.  Stedman  of  America  with  a  Life 
of  the  late  Ingenious  Mr.  Wm.  Hogarth"  written  on  2  pp.  the- 
size  of  the  book,  and  with  a  printed  leaflet  of  the  same,  dated 
Nov.  1879.  This  poem,  with  the  omission  of  name,  afterwards 
appeared  in  one  of  Dobson's  books.  Contains  the  book-plate- 
of  Stedman. 

305.  DOBSON  (AUSTIN).  Fielding.  First  Edition. 
12ino,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.  1883. 

*  Presentation  copy  from  tho  author  to  Mr.  Stedman.  On 
the  fly-leaf  appears  the  following  original  stanza  in  the  author 's 
autograph: — 

"Pleasant  to  get  one's  book  from  press 

After  a  month  (or  more  or  less) 
In  something  lilce  a  decent  dress; 

And  pleasant,  too,  to  sit  and  guess. 
Whether  the  world  will  ban  or  bless 

Out  of  its  Great  High  Mightiness ; 
But,  pleasantest — I  must  confess 

To  post  it  off  to  E.  C.  S. 

Austin  Dobson,  Apl.  19,  1883, 

306.  DOBSON  (AUSTIN).  At  the  Sign  of  the  Lyre. 
First  Edition.  Frontispiece.  8vo,  full  green  crushed  levant 
morocco,  gold-tooled  borders,  gilt  back  and  inside  borders,  gilt 
top,  uncut,  by  Bradstreets.  Lond. :  Kegan  Paul,  1885 

*  One  of  75  copies  on  Large  Paper,  autographed  by  the 
author.  Laid  in  is  a  very  interesting  one-page  autograph  letter 
from  the  author,  written  in  1873,  with  reference  to  the  serial 
publication  of  some  of  his  poems. 

307.  DOBSON  (AUSTIN).  Poems  on  Several  Occasions. 
New  edition,  revised  and  enlarged.  With  illustrations.  2  vols, 
8vo,  boards,  cloth  back,  uncut.  N.  Y.  1895 

*  Japan  Paper  copy :  only  50  copies  printed.  With  the  platea 
in  two  states  and  signed  by  the  artists,  A.  Lalauze  and  Wm. 
Strang;  also  the  portrait  signed  by  the  aufhor. 

Very  beautifully  extra-illustrated  with  56  original. 
WATER-COLOR  DRAWINGS  BY  E.  Grivaz  ;  vignettes,  titles,  floral 
designs,  portraits,  head-  and  tail-pieces,  etc. 

308.  DODGE  (MARY  MAPES).  Hans  Brinker;  or,  The 
Silver  Skates.    12mo,  boards  (back  worn).  Lond.,  n.  d. 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription;  and  A.  L.  S.  of  the 
Author  to  Mr.  Stedman  inserted.  Contains  Stedman 's  book- 
plate. 

309.  DU  MAURIER  (GEORGE).  Trilby.  The  Complete 
Story  bound  up  from  Harper's  Monthly  Magazine.  Illus- 
trated.   8vo,  half  leather,  uncut.  N.  Y.  1894 

*  With  the  portrait  of  Whistler  which  was  not  included  in, 
the  book. 

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EooM  IN  WHICH  Dickens  last  wrote. 
The  Cane  Seated  Bench  (see  Lot  235)  is  in  the  Left  Center  of  the  Picture. 


310.  DWIGHT  (TIMOTHY).  A.  D.  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  with 
portrait. 

*  A  rare  specimen  of  this  autograph,  being  an  acknowledg- 
ment of  a  legal  document,  with  his  signature  as  "Notary 
Public,"  and  fine  Seal  with  his  initials. 

311.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Scenes  of  a  Clerical  Life.  First 
Edition.    2  vols.  12mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Edinb.  1858 

*  Contains  the  book-plate  of  Charles  Saville  Boundell.  Fine 
copy  of  this  scarce  book. 

312.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Adam  Bede.  First  Edition. 
3  vols.  12mo,  original  brown  cloth,  uncut  (names  on  half- 
titles).  Edinb.  1859 

DICKENS'S  COPY  OF  GEORGE  ELIOT'S  FIRST  BOOK. 

313.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Scenes  of  Clerical  Life.  Second 
Edition.  2  vols.  12mo,  full  olive  calf,  top  edges  gilt,  uncut 
(rubbed).  Edinb.  1859 

*  Dickens's  Copy  of  George  Eliot's  First  Work  of  Fiction, 
with  his  AUTOGRAPH  siGNATUBE  in  each  volume.  A  most  inter- 
esting memento  of  two  of  the  greatest  names  in  Victorian  lit- 
erature. 

Dickens  evidently  read  the  two  volumes  very  carefully,  as  a 
number  of  striking  passages  are  marked  in  pencil. 

314.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  The  Mill  on  the  Floss.  First 
Edition.  3  vols,  12mo,  original  brown  cloth,  uncut  (one 
margin  repaired).  Edinb.  1860 

315.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Silas  Marner:  the  weaver  of 
Raveloe.  First  Edition.  12mo,  original  brown  cloth,  uncut, 
and  unopened.  Edinb.  and  Lond.  1861 

*  A  particularly  fine  copy  of  this  scarce  book. 

316.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Romola.  First  Edition.  3  vols. 
12mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.  1863 

*  Inserted  is  A.  L.  S.  of  the  author:  "M.  E.  Lewes"  4  pp. 
8vo,  Dorking,  March  1,  1863,  to  Miss  Emily  Faithful,  referring 

to  Komola  " Bomola  will  continue  its  monthly  appearance 

until  August,  and  various  considerations  forhid  my  contemplat- 
ing the  publication  of  anot,.i.r  work  till  after  that  time  .  .  .  ." 

317.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Felix  Holt,  the  Radical.  First 
Edition.    3  vols.  12mo,  original  brown  cloth,  uncut. 

Edinb.  1866 

318.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  The  Spanish  Gypsy.  A  Poem. 
First  Edition.    8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Edinb,  1868 

319.  ELIOT  (GEORGE),  Brother  and  Sister;  Sonnets. 
By  Marian  Lewes.  First  Edition.  8vo,  original  blue  wrappers, 
uncut.  Lond.:  For  Private  Circulation  Only,  1869 

*  Preserved  in  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco  solander 
case,  by  Sangorski  and  Sutcliffe.    Very  Scarce. 

320.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  How  Lisa  loved  the  King. 
12mo,  original  cloth.  Bost.  1869 

*  The  First  and  only  edition. 

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321.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Middlemarch.  First  Edition. 
4  vols.  12nio,  original  cloth,  uncut  (name  on  titles). 

Edinb.  1871 

322.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  The  Legend  of  Jubal  and  Other 
Poems.    12mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Edinb.  1874 

*  First  Edition.  One  of  20  special  copies  printed  on  heavy, 
toned  paper' for  George  Eliot's  own  use.  Exceedingly  rare. 
The  H.  W.  Poor  copy,  with  his  book-plate.  Accompanying  the 
volume  is  a  very  interesting  and  important  signed  Autograph 
Letter  from  the  Author  relating  to  The  Legend  of  Jubal,  and 
to  these  20  special  copies,  and  also  mentioning  Middle- 
march.  (2  pages,  8vo,  June  16,  1874).  "/  have  jtist  been 
writing  to  London  to  Mr.  John  Blachwood — that  the  price  of 
the  booJc,  especially  since  it  turns  out  saleable,  can  well  allow 
a  handsome  tinted  paper,  and  I  rejoiced  so  much  in  the  sight 
of  the  extra  copies  in  which  my  verses  were  on  paper  which 
invited  and  cherished  my  eye,  that  I  was  angry  at  my  own 
share  in  the  choice  of  a  thin  volume —  ....  Save  you  still  a 
copy  {or  two)  to  spare?  If  you  have,  I  should  be  much  obliged 
by  your  sending  them  to  us,  as  we  want  them  to  present  to 
friends.  We  have  had  seven  I  thinlc."  After  this  follows  the 
list  of  corrections  she  wished  to  be  made  in  the  second  edition, 

323.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Daniel Deronda.  First  Edition. 
4  vols,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Edinb.  1876 

324.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Original  Correspondence  from 
George  Eliot  to  Madame  Bodichou  in  a  series  of  Eight  Auto- 
graph Letters  Signed,  written  during  the  year  1878,  inlaid  to 
8vo,  dark  blue  levant  morocco,  inside  gilt  borders,  gilt  edges, 
by  Riviere. 

*  A  most  interesting  series  of  personal  letters.  The  final  let- 
ter of  the  collection  is  chiefly  noticeable  as  containing  the 
prophetic  phrase — "But  I  have  a  deep  sense  of  change  within, 
and  of  a  permanently  closer  companionship  with  death."  Mr. 
Lewes  died  three  days  after  the  date  of  this  letter.  The  letters 
are  signed  "M.  E.  Lewes,"  "Marian,"  and  with  initials. 

325.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Impressions  of  Theophrastus 
Such.  First  Edition.  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut.       Edinb.  1879 

326.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  Essays  and  Leaves  from  a  Note- 
Book.  8vo,  full  light  blue  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooled 
back  and  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut,  original  cloth  covers  bound 
in,  by  Birdsall.  Edinb.  1884 

*  First  Edition. 

327.  ELIOT  (GEORGE).  George  Eliot's  Life,  as  related 
in  her  Letters  and  Journals.  Edited  by  J.  W.  Cross.  Por- 
traits and  illustrations.  First  Edition.  3  vols.  8vo,  original 
cloth,  uncut.  Edinb.  1885 

328.  EMERSON  (RALPH  WALDO).  Nature.  Fir.st 
Edition.     12mo,  original  cloth  (foxed).  Bost.  1836 

*  Preserved  in  crimson  straight-grain  morocco  solander  case. 
Maier  copy. 

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329.  EMERSON  (RALPH  WALDO).  Essays:  Second 
Series.    12mo,  original  cloth,  uncut.  Bost.  1844 

*  First  Edition,  with  the  autograph  of  "J.  E.  Lowell  Elm- 
wood  1848,"  on  title-page,  and  on  the  page  of  contents  he 
has  written  the  names,  "Washington,  Shakespeare,  Mon- 
taigne. ' ' 

330.  EMERSON  (RALPH  WALDO).  Essays.  First  series. 
New  Edition.    Portrait.    12mo,  cloth.  Bost.  1847 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  inscription :  ' '  Editor  of  the  Har- 
binger from  the  Author. ' ' 

The  John  S.  Dwight-Frank  Maier  copy. 

331.  EMERSON  (RALPH  WALDO).  Representative 
Men.  Seven  Lectures.  First  Edition.  12mo,  full  red  mo- 
rocco, gilt  top,  original  covers  bound  in.  Bost.  18'50 

*  With  autograph  presentation  slip  in  the  handwriting  of  the 
author,  "A.  B.  Alcott  from  B.  W.  Emerson,  December,  1849." _ 

332.  EMERSON  (RALPH  WALDO,  Author).  A.  L.  S., 
2  pp.  8vo.  Concord,  8  January,  1856.  To  Edward  Bangs. 
Thanks  him  for  ''Peg  Woffington"  and  "Christie  Johnston." 
Fine  specimen,  with  envelope. 

333.  EMERSON  (RALPH  WALDO,  Author).  A.  L.  S., 
1  p.  8vo.  Concord,  Aug.  19,  1863,  enclosing  2  printed  verses. 
(Signature  cut  out  and  replaced.) 

334.  FIELDING  (HENRY).  The  History  of  Tom  Jones: 
a  Foundling.  With  choice  illustrations  hy  Stothard,  finely  en- 
graved hy  Heath.  Syo,  full  red  morocco,  inlaid  on  sides  with 
a  centrepiece  of  green  morocco  gilt  and  tooled,  gilt  tooled  back 
inlaid  with  green  morocco,  gilt  top  and  inside  borders,  by 
Thierry.  Lond.  1780 

*  Inserted  is  the  rare  and  curious  set  of  12  beautifully  colored 
plates  by  Moreau  Le  Jeune,  from  the  French  edition  of  Firmin 
Didot,  1833. 

Bare  Edition.     Binding  tooled  in  the  Eomantic  style. 

335.  FISKE  (JOHN).  Tobacco  and  Alcohol.  I.  It  Does 
Pav  to  Smoke.  II.  The  Coming  Man  Will  Drink  Wine.  16mo, 
clolh.  N.  Y.  1860 

*  First  Edition  of  Fiske  's  first  book.  The  Frank  Maier 
copy,  with  his  book-plate. 

336.  FORSTER  (JOHN).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Kensington, 
Feb.  4,  1870.  To  W.  Charles  Kent.  Inviting  him  to  dine,  to 
"meet  our  friend  C.  D."  With  envelope;  Also,  A.  N.  S.,  1  p. 
Torquay,  Jan.  4,  1873.  To  John  Bradley.  Regarding  his 
writings.    3  pieces. 

337.  FRANKLIN  IMPRINT.  M.  T.  Cicero's  Cato  Major; 
or.  His  Discourse  on  Old-Age ;  With  Explanatory  Notes.  Small 
4to,  full  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt  top,  by  Stikeman. 

Philadelphia :  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  1744 

*  Earliest  Issue,  having  the  misprint  ' '  ony ' '  for  only  in 
line  5  of  page  27,  an  error  corrected  in  most  copies.  One  page 
has  corner  repaired,  another  has  the  inside  margin  extended. 

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338.  FRANKLIN  (BENJAMIN).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  Phila- 
delphia, Nov.  14,  1785.  To  Wm.  EUery,  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence ;  with  his  endorsement.  Choice  specimen, 
in  fine  condition. 

339.  GALLATIN  (ALBERT,  Sec.  of  U.  S.  Treasury) .  L.  S., 
1812,  on  Treasury  business;  Forsyth  (John,  Sec.  of  State). 
Passport  signed,  with  portrait ;  and  others.    5  pieces. 

WITH  WATER-COLOR  PAINTINGS  THROUGHOUT. 

340.  GASKELL  (MRS.).    Cranford.    12mo,  cloth. 

Chicago,  n.  d. 

*  A  WORK   OP   SINGULAR  CHARM   AND  BEAUTY,   WITH   A  WATER- 
COLOR  SKETCH  ON  EVERY  PAGE,  FXECUTED  BY  W.  H.  DRAKE,  THE 

WELL-KNOWN  ARTIST.  In  this  edition,  the  title  of  the  book  is 
used  for  the  page  headings,  and  the  artist  has  utilized  them  in 
a  variety  of  ways  for  illustrating  the  incidents  in  the  story. 
Portraits  of  all  the  quaint  old  characters  are  sketched  in  un- 
mistakeable  fashion,  and  one  might  almost  imagine  the  artist 
had  known  each  one  intimately. 

341.  GLOVER  (JOHN,  Gen.  in  Revolution).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p. 
folio.  Marblehead,  24th  Feb.,  1786.  To  M.  M.  Hays.  Busi- 
ness letter. 

342.  GOSSE  (EDMUND  W.).  On  Viol  and  Flute.  First 
Edition.  12mo,  full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  borders, 
gilt  top,  uncut,  original  covers  bound  in,  by  Rowfant  Bindery. 

Lond.  1873 

*  Autograph  on  half-title,  ' '  Justin  E.  McCarthy,  13  August 
1875." 

343.  GREELEY  (HORACE).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  1861;  Signed 
autograph  quotation  of  Wm.  Lloyd  Garrison;  Signature  of 
Cyrus  W.  Field;  A.  N.  S.  of  James  R.  Gilmore,  1894;  A.  L.  S., 
1  p.  4to  of  Will  Carleton,  1894 ;  and  others.    10  pieces. 

344.  GREENAWAY  (KATE).  The  Pied  Piper  of  Hame- 
lin,  by  Robert  Browning.  35  illustrations  engraved  and 
printed  in  colors  hy  Edmund  Evans;  Under  the  Window 
(imperfect  copy).    2  vols,  small  4to,  original  "wrappers. 

Lond.,  n.  d. 

*  Nice  copy, of  "The  Pied  Piper,"  with  the  Eoutledge  im- 
print. 

345.  GREENAWAY  (KATE).  A  Painting  Book.  With 
Outlines  from  her  various  Works  for  Girls  and  Boys  to  Paint. 
Small  4to,  original  pictorial  wrappers  (back  slightly  frayed). 

Lond.  [1884] 

*  The  scarce  First  Issue,  with  the  imprint  of  Routledge  & 
Son. 

346.  GREENAWAY  (KATE).  Book  of  Games.  24  full- 
page  plates  engraved  and  printed  in  colors  hy  Edmund  Evans. 
First  Edition.  Small  4to,  original  pictorial  boards.  Fine  copy. 

Lond.:  Routledge  [1889] 
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•  347.  GRBENAWAY  (KATE).  Almanacs.  Complete  Set 
of  Kate  Greena way's  Almanacs  (one  for  each  year  of  issue), 
from  the  first  in  1888  to  the  last  in  1897  (no  almanac  was  pub- 
lished in  1896).  Each  with  many  illustrations  in  colors. 
14  vols.  24mo  and  18mo,  boards,  &c.  Lond.  and  n.  p.,  1883-97 
*1883:   24mo,  yellow  pictorial  boards,  cloth  back; 

1884:   18mo,  limp  boards  with  cream  borders,  design  in  colors; 

1885:   24mo,  cream  boards,  cloth  back; 

1886:   24mo,  white  boards,  gilt  front  cover  design; 

1887:   oblong  24mo,  yellow  boards,  cloth  back; 

1888:   24mo,  brown  cloth,  gilt  front  cover  design; 

1889:   24mo,  untrimmed  sheets,  with  paper  wrapper  as  issued; 

1890:   24mo,  black  boards,  cloth  back; 

1891:   24mo,  white  boards,   cloth  back; 
■  1892:   24mo,  boards  with  cream  borders,  cover  design  in  gilt; 

1893:   24mo,  cream  boards,  cloth  back; 

1894:   24mo,  cream  boards  with   brown  borders, 'cloth  back; 

1895:   24mo,  cream  boards,  cloth  back; 

1897:   24mo,  limp  leather,  gilt  front  cover  design,  gilt  top. 

Fine  set,  all  the  copies  being  as  issued.  The  earlier  years  are 
now  hard  to  find,  and  a  set,  which  like  this  one,  is  in  almost 
new  condition,  is  specially  desirable  as  the  basis  of  a  Green- 
away  collection. 

348.  HALE  (EDWARD  E.).  In  His  Name.  A  Christmas 
Story.  8vo,  half  green  levant  morocco,  original  paper  covers 
bound  in.  Bost.  1873 

*  First  Edition.     Inscribed  on  the  half-title:   "Edward  E. 
Sale,  The  First  Edition,  E.  E.  H. ' ' 

349.  HALE  (EDWARD  E.).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Roxbury, 
Nov.  30,  1880;  and  L.  S.,  Oct.  4,  1905.    2  pieces. 

350.  HALLECK  (FITZ-GREENE).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo. 
Guilford,  Ct.,  Oct.  28,  1861 ;  and  another,  Nov.  4,  1861.  Per- 
sonal.   Two  pieces. 

351.  HAMILTON  (ALEXANDER).  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  Treas- 
ury Dept.,  Jan.  26,  1790.    To  Jedidiah  Huntingdon. 

352.  HAMILTON  (ALEXANDER).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to. 
New  York,  7th  June,  1816.  Is  about  to  leave  for  seat  of 
government.    To  David  Parrish. 

353.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  Life  of  Andrew 
Jackson,  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  compiled 
by  William  Cobbett.    Frontispiece.    12mo,  boards,  cloth  back. 

Lond.  1834 

*  Hawthorne's    Copy,    with   his    signature,    "Nath.    Haw- 
thorne 1837,"  on  back  of  title. 

354.  [HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).]  The  Science  of 
Drawing.  Bv  Frank  Howard.  Illustrated.  16mo,  calf  (broken). 

Lond.  1839 

*  Hawthorne's   Copy,   with   his   autograph,   "Nath.   Haw- 
thorne," on  back  of  frontispiece. 

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355.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).    A.  D.  S.,  1  p.  8vo 

(3  lines).     Salem,  Jan.  6,  1849.    Surveyor's  certificate. 

356.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  The  Scarlet  Letter. 
12mo,  original  cloth  (worn  and  shaken).  Bost.  1850 

*  First  issue  of  the  First  Edition. 

357.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  True  stories  from 
history  and  Biography.  Illustrations.  12mo,  original  cloth, 
gilt,  gilt  edges,  cloth  slip-cover. 

Bost.:  Tieknor,  Reed  and  Fields,  1851 

*  First  Issue  of  First  Edition.  With  no  comma  after 
"way"  on  p.  iii,  line  15  of  preface,  and  other  points.  The 
Chamberlain  copy,  AAith  his  bookplate. 

358.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to. 
Lenox,  June  12th,  1851,  to  Grace  Greenwood. 

*"Dear  Grace  Greenwood  (I  presume  to  address  my  affec- 
tionate familiarity  to  the  authoress,  not  to  the  woman)"; 
thanks  her  for  the  dedication  of  one  of  her  books  and  refers 
to  sending  her  a  copy  of  ' '  The  House  of  the  Seven  Gables "... 
"/  nice  yourself  am  mid-way  in  a  juvenile  volume  which  I  am 
trying  to  finish.  I  call  it  'A  Wonder  Boole  for  Girls  and  Boys' 
and  so  far  as  wonders  go,  it  will  certainly  come  up  to  its  title." 

359.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  The  House  of  Seven 
Gables :  A  Romance.  First  Edition.  12mo,  full  green,  levant 
morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  Riviere.  Bost.  1851 

360.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo. 
Concord,  Aug.  12,  1860.  To  the  French  translator  of  the 
"Wonder-Book."    Speech  of  the  "Marble  Faun,"  etc. 

361.  HAWTHORNE  ((NATHANIEL).  The  Marble  Faun ; 
or.  The  Romance  of  Monte  Beni.  First  Edition.  2  vols.  12uio, 
original  cloth.  Bost.  1860 

*  Laid  in  is  a  check  for  $25.00  on  the  Concord  Bank  to  the 
order  of  Mrs.  Ha\\i:horne,  dated  Jan.  11 — 1861,  written  and 
signed  by  Nath.  Hawthorne. 

362.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  Our  Old  Home. 
First  Edition.    12mo,  original  cloth.  Bost.  1865 

*  Presentation  Copy,  with  inscription:  "From  the  Author." 
First  issue,  containing  one  advertisement  page.  (Later  issues 
contain  22  pages.)     The  Chamberlain  copy. 

LONGFELLOW'S  COPY. 

363.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  Passages  from  the 
English  Note  Books.    2  vols.  12mo,  original  cloth.      Bost.  1870 

*  First  Edition.  Of  extreme  interest  on  account  of  hav- 
ing formerly  belonged  to  Longfellow,  who  has  written  hia 
name  on  the  fly-leaf  of  each  volume,  in  full :  *  *  Henry  W.  Long- 
fellow 1870." 

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364.  HAWTHORNE  (NATHANIEL).  Pansier  A  Frag- 
ment. The  Last  Literary  Effort  of  Nathaniel  Hawthorne. 
First  Edition.  16nio,  original  wrappers,  with  16  pp.  of  ad- 
vertisements. Lond.  [1864] 

*  Scarce.  "Pansie"  is  the  first  chapter  of  "The  Dolliver 
Eomance,"  published  in  1876.  The  Introduction  of  16  pages 
(a  personal  sketch  of  Hawthorne)  is  by  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes, 
although  it  is  not  signed.  From  the  Appleton-Maier  collections, 
with  book-plates. 

365.  HAY  (JOHN).  Jim  Bludso  of  the  Prairie  Belle,  and 
Little  Breeches.  Fiest  Edition.  Illustrated.  12mo,  original 
wrappers.  Bost.  1871 

*  J.  E.  Lowell's  Copy,  with  his  autograph  on  cover. 

366.  HAY  (JOHN).  D.  S.,  1  p.  folio,  with  seal.  April  6, 
1900.    Passport. 

367.  HIGGINSON  (THOMAS  WENTWORTH).  Two 
A.  L's  S.  Newport,  May  25,  1866,  and  Cambridge,  Oct.  4,  1906. 
Both  1  p.  8vo.    Literary. 

368.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  Astrea :  The  Bal- 
ance of  Illusions.  First  Edition.  12rno,  original  glazed  boards. 

Bost.  1850 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  HOLMES  TO  DICKENS. 

369.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  The  Autocrat  of 
the  Breakfast-Table.    8vo,  cloth,  gilt  edges.  Bost.  1859 

*  The  rare  special  edition  on  large  paper,  without  the  illus- 
trations. There  were  two  issues  of  it,  with  and  without  the  illus- 
trations. Autograph  Presentation  Copy  from  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes  to  Charles  Dickens,  inscribed:  "Charles  BicTcens  Esq., 
with  the  compliments  of  0.  W.  Holmes." 

'  Contains  Dickens's  book-plate,  and  the  small  label,  "From 

the  Library  of  Charles  DicTcens,  Gadshill  Flace,  June  1870." 

370.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  The  Prof essor  at 
the  Breakfast-Table ;  with  the*  Story  of  Iris,  12mo,  original 
cloth.  Bost. :  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1860 

*  First  Edition.  Laid  in  is  a  2%  pp.  A.  L.  S.  from  Holmes 
to  F.  S.  Cozzens,  author  of  ' '  The  Sparrowgrass  Papers, ' '  in 
which  Holmes  refers  to  the  Serial  Publication  of  ' '  The  Pro- 
fessor. ' ' 

The  Chamberlain  copy,  with  his  book-plate. 

371.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  The  Poet  at  the 
Breakfast-Table.     Frontispiece.     12mo,  original  cloth. 

Bost.  1872 
First  Edition.    The  Chamberlain  copy,  with  his  book-plate. 

372.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp. 
12mo.    Boston,  Nov.  1,  1881. 

*  Interesting  letter  to  Paul  Hamilton  Hayne  in  which  he 
mentions  Emerson,  Longfellow,  Whittier  and  Bryant,  also  the 
death  of  President  Garfield. 

71 


373.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  Poetical  Works. 
Portrait.    2  vols.  18mo,  original  blue  cloth,  gilt  tops. 

Bost.  1881 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  Author,  in- 
scribed on  fly-leaf  of  volume  one,  "Mr.  Karl  B.  Tuttle,  with 
the  kind  regards  of  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes.  Boston,  November 
3d  1888."    The  H.  "W.  Poor  copy. 

374.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  The  Autocrat  of 
the  Breakfast-Table.  First  Edition.  Frontispiece  and  illus- 
trations. 12mo,  full  salmon  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt,  gilt 
edges,  doublures  of  green  levant  morocco,  floral  design,  by 
Samblancx.  Bost.  1858 

*  Inserted  is  a  four-line  autograph  verse  by  Holmes,  signed 
in  full  and  dated  Boston,  Feb.  14,  1888. 

375.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  Over  the  Teacups. 
Vignette  on  title.    12mo,  original  cloth.  Bost.  1891 

*  First  Edition.     Autograph  note  by  the  author  pasted  in. 

376.  HOLMES  (OLIVER  WENDELL).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp. 
12mo.  Boston,  Dec.  17,  1878.  Refers  to  his  memoir  of  Motley 
and  to  the  latter's  "two  novels" — also  A.  N.  S.,  one  page,  4to, 
Oct.  8,  1889.    2  pieces. 

377.  HOOD  (THOMAS).  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Fun  office, 
n.  d.    Literary. 

378.  HOPKINSON  (FRANCIS,  Signer).  D.  S.,  1  p.  8vo. 
June  12,  1780.    Draft. 

379.  HOPKINSON  (FRANCIS,  Signer  from  New  Jersey). 
A.  S.  (as  Treasurer  of  Loans),  with  portrait.    2  pieces;. 

380.  mORJE  B.  Mariffi  Virginis  ad  usum  ecclesiae  Rotho- 
magensis  (Rouen).  Manuscript  on  vellum  written  in  Gothic 
characters  red  and  Mack,  with  the  calendar  in  gold,  Hue  and 
red,  executed  in  the  North  of  France  in  the  second  half  of  the 
15th  century.  114  leaves.  Embei^lished  with  8  large  minia- 
tures surrounded  hy  elegant  borders  of  flowers,  leaves,  fruits, 
etc.,  pai7ited  in  gold  and  colors,  8  similar  semihorders  and 
numerous  large  and  smaller  ornamental  initials  painted  in 
various  colors  on  gold  ground.  8vo,  late  16th  century  French 
binding  in  red  morocco,  the  sides  richly  tooled  and  gilt  in 
compartments,  with  the  name  Lois  in  the  centre  of  the  front 
cover  and  Jubert  in  that  of  the  back  one,  gilt  edges,  by  Clovis 
Eve.  Sffic.  XV 

*  An  interesting  manuscript  book  of  Hours.  The  minia- 
tures represent:  1.  The  Annunciation.  2.  Meeting  of  the  Vir- 
gin and  St.  Elizabeth.  3.  The  Nativity.  4.  King  David  in 
Prayer.  5.  The  Crucifixion.  6.  Descent  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
7.  A  Funeral.  8.  The  Virgin  with  the  Child,  a  Lady  in  Prayer 
before  them. 

(See  Illustration.) 

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Fifteenth  Century  Manuscript 

In  a  Clovis  Eve  Binding 

(See  No.  380.) 


r<?^<:Vv 


Mrs.  Perkins's  Ball 

Presented  by  Thackeray  to  Lady  Duff  Gordon 

(See  No.  524.) 


.  381.  HORSMANDEN  (DANIEL).  The  New  York  Con- 
spiracy ;  or,  a  History  of  the  Negro  Plot,  with  the  Journal  of 
the  Proceedings  against  the  Conspirators  at  New  York  in  the 
Years  1741-42.  8vo,  calf  (worn,  some  pages  foxed  and  re- 
paired) .  N.  Y.  1810 

382.  HOWELLS  (WILLIAM  DEAN).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo. 
Boston,  Aug.  12,  1868.  Mentions  Piatt  "and  Higginson,  etc. 
With  other  pieces,  including  cut  signature.    4  pieces. 

383.  HUG-HES  (THOMAS,  Author  of  "Tom  Brown's 
School  Days,"  etc.).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  June  24,  1870.  To 
the  Editor  of  the  "Sun." 

384.  HUME  (DAVID,  Historian).  Signature  (with  others) 
on  vellum;  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  of  James  (now  Lord)  Bryce;  A.  L.  S. 
•of  Sir  John  Lubbock,  1889,  with  envelope;  Signature  of  Sir 
Moses  Montefiore ;  and  others.    11  pieces. 

385.  HUNT  (LEIGH).  Table-Talk:  To  which  are  added 
Imaginary  Conversations  of  Pope  and  Swift.  First  Edition. 
12mo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges  (slightly  stained  and  one  page 
repaired),  with  all  the  advertisements.  In  a  blue  levant 
morocco  slip-case,  gilt  tooled  and  inlaid,  by  Sangorski  and 
Sutcliffe.  Lond.  1851 

*  Presentation  Copy  from  Hunt  to  his  wife,  with  in- 
scription and  several  corrections  in  the  text  in  his  autograph. 
Laid  in  is  a  one-page  A.  L.  signed  with  initials,  from  Mary 
Wollstonecraft  Shelley  to  Leigh  Hunt. 

386.  HUNT  (LEIGH).  The  Old  Court  Suburb:  or.  Memo- 
rials of  Kensington.  First  Edition.  2  vols.  12mo,  full  maroon 
levant  morocco,  gilt,  inside  gilt  borders,  gilt  top,  original  cloth 
covers  and  advertisements  bound  in,  by  Riviere.       Lond.  1855 

*  From  the  library  of  Edmund  Yates,  with  his  armorial  book- 
plate. Inserted  next  to  title  is  a  leaf  of  heavy  paper  on  which 
is  written :  "To  Charles  Diclcens,  with  best  remembrances, ' ' 
in  Leigh  Hunt's  autograph. 

387.  IRVING  (WASHINGTON).  The  Sketch  Book  of 
Geoffrey  Crayon.  3  plates.  2  vols.  12mo,  contemporary  half 
morocco.  Lond. :  John  Murray,  1821 

*  Autograph  presentation  copy  from  the  Author,  with 
inscription  on  each  title-page,  "To  G.  Stuart  Newton  from  his 
friend,  Washington  Irving."  Mr.  Newton  has  written  his 
name  on  the  fly-leaf. 

388.  IRVING  (WASHINGTON).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Sunny- 
side,  Feb.  5,  1847.    To  H.  Grenville.    Personal. 

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389.  IRVING  (WASHINGTON).  Life  of  George  Wash- 
ington. 5  vols,  extended  to  13,  4to,  full  crimson  levant  mo- 
rocco, emblematic  tooling  on  backs,  center  of  each  cover  con- 
taining a  gilt-tooled  American  Eagle,  with  Shield,  Legend, 
and  Stars,  doublures  of  blue  levant  morocco,  Avith  the  arras 
of  the  U.  S.  in  gilt  in  each  corner,  and  rich  panels  of  gold, 
crimson  silk  flys,  gilt  tops,  uncut,  by  Poraey. 

N.  Y. :  Putnam,  1855 

*  EXTRA-ILLUSTEATED  AND  EXTENDED  TO  13  VOLUMES,  BY  THE  IN- 
SERTION OP  SEVERAL  HUNDRED  PORTRAITS,  VIEWS,  MAPS,  ETC.,  MANY 
OF  WHICH  ARE  OP  EXTREME  RARITY. 

Among  the  important  items  in  this  sumptuous  work,  may  be 
mentioned:  Line  engraving  of  "Washington  by  J.  L.  (H.  39); 
Mezzotint  of  Gen,  Braddock,  by  Sartain,  in  four  states,  one  being 
A  signed  proof  on  Japan  paper;  William  the  Conqueror  by 
Leney;  Henry  the  Eighth  by  Leney;  Charles  II.  by  Leney;  Oliver 
Cromwell  by  Gimbrede;  Charles  I.  by  Leney;  Maj.-Gen.  Monckton, 
Governor  of  New  York,  by  Groyn;  Sir  William  Johnson  by  Bar- 
tolozzi;  Franklin  by  Delatour  after  Bonneville;  View  of  Boston 
engraved  by  Child,  after  Eraser;  Silhouette  portrait  of  John  Arm- 
strong; Earl  Chatham  by  Leney;  General  Amherst  by  Aliamet; 
Gen.  Gage,  Mezzotint  by  Sartain,  in  four  states,  one  being  signed 
proof  on  Japan  paper;  General  Wolfe  by  T.  Miller;  Death  of 
General  Wolfe,  the  fine  plate  from  Ashburton's  History  op 
England,  1792;  Admiral  Lord  Viscount  Hood  by  Pieart,  1809; 
Myles  Cooper  by  Leney;  Richard  Henry  Lee  by  P.  Maverick; 
Queen  Elizabeth  by  Leney;  Paul  Eevere  by  Schoff;  Gen.  Arnold, 
Japan  proof;  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  Medallion  by  Warren,  1791; 
Plan  of  the  Action  of  Breed's  Hill,  fine  contemporary  map; 
George  Washington  (H.  75),  by  B.  B.  Ellis,  in  color,  1783;  Gov- 
emeur  Morris  by  B.  B.  Ellis,  in  colors,  1783;  Mezzotint  of  George 
Washington  by  William  Sartain,  in  four  states,  one  being  signed 
Proof  on  Japan  paper;  Stipple  portrait  of  Lafayette  by  Girardet 
after  A.  Scheffer;  George  Washington  by  Wolff  (H.  19);  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  Line  and  Stipple,  by  Miou;  View  of  Mt.  Vernon 
hy  Weld,  1798;  View  of  East  River,  or  Sound,  taken  from  Riker's 
Island,  engraved  by  P.  Maverick;  Henry  Dearborn  by  St.  Meniin; 
Fine  etched  View  of  Philadelphia  by  Marigot;  George  Washing- 
ton, Mezzotint  by  John  Sartain  (H.  6)  ;  Major-General  Baron 
Steuben  by  B.  B.  Ellis,  Stipple  and  Line,  in  color,  1783;  George 
Washington,  Etching  by  Charles  R.  Hall;  William  Moultrie,  stip- 
ple portrait  by  Fairman  after  Eraser;  George  Washington,  Etched 
portrait  by  Albert  Rosenthal,  after  C.  W.  Peale,  in  color.  Proof, 
with  remarque  view  of  Nassau  Hall  (H.  61a) ;  Silas  Deane,  mixed, 
by  B.  B.  Ellis,  1783,  in  color;  George  Washington,  Mezzotint  by 
Max  Rosenthal  (H.  64a),  Signed  Proof  before  all  letters; 
George  Washington  and  Martha  Washington,  Oval  etchings  by 
Albert  Rosenthal  (H.  136a),  Signed  Proof  before  all  letters; 
Col.  William  Duane  by  St.  Memin;  George  III.  by  Leney;  Rie- 
desel.  Line  portrait  by  Lammel;  View  of  Cohoes  Falls,  Lith.  by 
Imbert;  John  Dickinson,  Line  and  Stipple,  by  B.  B.  Ellis,  in  col- 
or, 1783;  George  Washington,  Etching  by  Albert  Rosenthal  of  a 
Pencil  Sketch  of  Washington  from  Life,  by  Charles  W.  Peale  (H. 
59a),  Signed  Proof  before  all  letters;  George  Washington, 
Outline  portrait  of  R.  Sands  (H.  27)  ;  Plan  of  Burgoyne's  Cam- 
paign, engraved  by  Fairman  (from  "Analectic  Mag.");  View  of 
the  Monument  at  Sandy  Hook,  Engraved  by  C.  Tiebout  after  An- 
derson, "New  York  Magazine,"  1790;   John  Andre,  Etching,  by 


Albert  Eosenthal,  signed  proof,  with  facsimile  signature  of  Andr6; 
The  same,  cancelled  plate;  John  Andre,  Mezzotint  by  William  Sar- 
tain,  in  four  states,  one  being  a  signed  proof  on  Japan  papers 
Nathan  Hale,  signed  proof  on  Japan  paper,  by  Hollyer;  John 
Andre,  remavque  proof  by  S.  Arlent  Edwards ;  Chief  Justice  Ed- 
ward Shippen,  stipple  portrait  by  Edwin;  Plan  of  the  Siege  of 
Charlestowu,  S.  C,  from  Stednian 's  History  of  the  American  War; 
John  Andre,  Mezzotint  by  O'.  Neill;  Henry  Laurens,  Line  and 
Stipple,  IN  color,  by  B.  B.  Ellis,  1783;  Plan  of  the  Siege  of  York 
Town,  from  Stedman's  History  of  the  American  War;  George 
Washington,  Stipple,  by  Charles  B.  Hall  (H.  838a),  Signed  Proof; 
Washington  as  a  Mason,  Mezzotint  by  A.  B.  Walter  (H.  672a)  ; 
George  Washington,  Etching  in  color,  by  Albert  Eosenthal,  fac- 
simile of  signature  of  Jas.  Peale,  Signed  proof  on  Japan  paper; 
Washington  Family,  Mezzotint  (H.  242a)  ;  George  Washington, 
Stipple  in  brown,  by  D.  Edwin  (H.  359a)  ;  Samuel  Adams,  Stipple, 
by  S.  Harris;  View  of  Norfolk,  from  Gospor,  Va.,  double-page,  en- 
graved by  J.  Hill;  Thomas  Paine,  India  proof  by  Illman;  George 
Washington,  Line,  by  I.  W.  Baumann  (H.  846a)  ;  General  Knox, 
Stipple,  by  D.  Edwin;  George  Washington,  Line  and  Stipple  from 
the  full-length  portrait  by  Gilbert  Stuart  in  1796,  Proof  on  Japan 
paper;  George  Washington,  engraved  by  W.  Sharp,  1780  (H.  92); 
Gen.  Washington,  Line,  by  Angus,  1785  (H.  38)  ;  George  Washing- 
ton, Line,  Engraved  for  J.  Hinton;  George  Washington,  Line,  by 
Scoles.  [1796],  (H.  233);  George  Washington,  Line  (unknown), 
(H.  742)  ;  George  Washington,  Stipple,  by  Tanner,  Open  Letter 
(H.  218b);  The  same,  Stipple,  by  Bollinson,  1796  (H.  251);  The 
same,  Stipple,  by  J.  Chapman,  1800  (H.  689)  ;  The  same,  Stipple, 
by  Krethlow,  1818  (H.  808);  The  same,  Line  (unknown),  (H. 
783);  The  same,  by  W.  Grainger,  not  in  H;  The  Battle  of  Lex- 
ington, Lith.  by  Pendleton;  The  Hon.  B.  Lincoln,  Esq.,  by  J. 
Norman,  Very  Scarce;  Benjamin  Franklin,  Line,  engraved  by 
Chevillet,  Fine  and  scarce;  Marquis  de  Lafayette,  4to,  in  color, 
Eare;  Thomas  Jefferson,  Fine  stipple  by  Tiebout;  Landing  of 
Lafayette,  Society  of  Iconophiles  plate;  Lafayette,  Eare  stip- 
ple BY  Jones,  1792;  Death  of  Major  Andre,  Line,  by  Goldar;  the 
fine  series  of  Old  New  York  Views,  in  Proof  state  on  Japan 
PAPER,  by  Charles  B.  Hall,  etc.,  etc. 

From  the  foregoing  it  will  be  seen  that  this  magnificent  work 
is  not  alone  the  Life  of  Washington  but  a  Pictorial  History  of  the 
American  Eevolution  embodying  contemporary  portraits  of  the  pa- 
triots of  that  period,  with  those  of  the  American,  French  and  Eng- 
lish heroes  who  fought  in  its  wars.  These  are  from  various  sources, 
including  the  rare  Impartial  History,  Murray's  History  of  the 
American  War,  Complot  d 'Arnold,  Eussell's  History  of  America, 
the  St.  Memin  collection,  and  others,  and  a  large  number  are 
Proofs  on  Japan  paper. 

390.  IRVING    (WASHINGTON).     The  Life  and  Letters 
of  Washington  Irving.     By  his  Nephew,  Pierre  M.  Irving. 
3  volumes  extended  to  7  vols.  imp.  8vo,  full  crimson  levant 
morocco,  Jansen  style,  broad  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt  tops,  un- 
cut, by  Taflfin-Lefort.  N.  Y.  1883 
*  Extra-illustrated  by  the  insertion  of  about  four  hundred 
portraits,  views,  autograph  letters,  etc.,  including  the  follow- 
ing important  items:  Washington  Irving,  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  4to,  New 
York,  April  30th,  1841,  to  Mrs.  Van  Wart,  his  sister,  giving  an 
account  of  the   parting   at   the  cottage   "Sunnyside, "   when   his 
sister  Catherine  left  for  Europe;  Portrait  of  George  Washington, 
engraved  by  Durand,  on  India  paper;   Early  portrait  of  Bryant,. 

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by  Parker,  on  India  paper;  A.  L.  S.,  of  V.  Moreau,  3  pp.  4to, 
Morisville,  26  Juillet,  1812,  to  Miss  A.  de  St.  Memin;  D.  S.  Com- 
missaire  G6n6ral  de  Police  at  Marseilles,  relative  to  Passport  for 
Irving;  Nelson  Bronte,  Proof  portrait  on  India  paper,  by  Cock- 
ran;  Portrait  of  Voltaire,  by  Pourvoyeur,  Proof  on  India,  before 
ALL  letters;  Scarce  portrait  of  Aaron  Burr,  by  Williams  after 
Vandyke,  on  Japan  paper;  James  Monroe,  D.  S.  on  parchment, 
appointment  of  Charles  R.  Slado,  a  Midshipman  in  the  Navy ;  View 
of  Steamboat  Landing,  Pier  No.  1,  North  River,  Engraved  by 
Dougal,  Pub.  by  Disturnell,  Very  scarce;  Portrait  of  Laurence 
Sterne,  by  Wivell,  Proof;  View  of  Park  Theatre  and  part  of  Park 
Row,  engraved  by  Smillie,  Pub.  by  Bourne,  Very  scarce,  Proof 
ON  India;  Portrait  of  Capt.  Isaac  Hull,  Stipple,  by  Edwin;  Por- 
trait of  John  Paul  Jones,  by  Prudhomnie;  Portrait  of  Humphry 
Davy,  by  Thomson,  Proof  on  India  paper;  Portrait  of  Robert 
Southey,  by  S.  W.  Reynolds,  Proof;  Andrew  Jackson,  D.  S.  on 
parchment;  Portrait  of  Napoleon,  Proof  on  India,  before  all 
LETTERS  AND  SIGNATURES;  tfohn  Quincy  Adams,  D.  S.  on  parch- 
ment; John  Randolph  of  Roanoke,  A.  L,  S.,  1  p.  4to,  to  Mr. 
Parish,  Signed  "J.  R.  of  Roanoke";  Henry  Clay,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p. 
4to,  March  30,  1844,  regarding  a  legacy;  John  Jacob  Astor, 
A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to,  New  York,  May  10,  1813,  to  David  Parish, 
Phila.;  William  B.  Astor,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to,  New  York,  May  20, 
1824,  transmitting  an  account,  the  latter  occupying  2  pp.  is  also 
signed  by  John  Jacob  Astor,  and  Son;  John  Tyler,  D.  S.  on  parch- 
ment; James  K.  Polk,  D.  S.  on  parchment;  Charles  Augustus 
Davis,  "Major  Jaclc  Downing,"  Fine  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  4to,  Nov. 
20,  1847;  Donald  G.  Mitchell,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  15, 
1842,  to  Mr.  Irving,  looking  forward  with  pleasure  to  a  visit  to 
Sunnyside;  Millard  Fillmore,  D.  S.  on  parchment;  Charles  Dickens, 
FINE  Proof  portrait  on  Japan  paper,  before  all  letters;  etc., 
etc.,  with  a  great  number  of  portraits  of  contemporary  lit- 
terateurs, etc.,  MANY  BEING  IN  PROOF  STATE,  ON  JAPAN  AND  INDIA 
PAPER. 

Of  the  work  in  3  vols,  only  300  were  printed  in  this  style. 


WITH  WATER-COLOR  SKETCHES  THROUGHOUT. 

391.  IRVING  (WASHINGTON).  Knickerbocker's  History 
of  New  York  from  the  Beginning  of  the  World  to  the  End  of 
the  Dutch  Dynasty.  By  Diedrich  Knickerbocker.  Emhellished 
with  8  pictures  by  Maxfield  Parrish.  4to,  boards,  buckram 
back,  gilt  top,  uncut.  N.  Y. :  Russell,  1903 

*  Extra-illustrated  with  nearly  200  full-page  and  mar- 
ginal water-colors,  by  W.  H.  Drake.  The  sketches  include  not 
only  fanciful  sketches  prompted  by  the  text  but  the  portraits 
of  the  well-known  characters  of  Irving 's  charming  work,  as 
they  appeared  to  the  artist,  with  views  of  New  York  City 
in  the  olden  time;  The  First  Church,  the  Water  Gate,  Wall 
Street ;  Brooklyn  Ferry  House  and  Ferry  Boats ;  The  First 
Street  on  East  River;  Col.  Stuyvesant's  Home — "The 
Bouwerie";  The  first  Brick  House  in  the  City;  New  Amster- 
dam, 1624;  The  Damien  Farmhouse,  now  the  site  of  the  Equita- 
ble Building,  etc.,  etc. 

The  artist  has  caught  the  spirit  of  the  book,  and  produced 
with  a  true  sense  of  humor  and  wonderful  beauty  of  coloring, 
a  unique  and  charming  volume,  which  should  appeal  to  New 
York  collectors  and  aU  lovers  of  the  artistic. 

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WITH  MARGINAL  WATER-COLOR  PAINTINGS 
THROUGHOUT. 

392.  JACKSON  (HELEN).  Ramona.-  A  Story.  12rao,. 
cloth.  Bost.  1901 

*  A    MAGNIFICENT   VOLUME,    WITH    WATER-COLOR    SKETCHES    by 

W.  H.  Drake  on  title,  at  beginning  and  end  of  chapters,  and 
throughout  the  volume  on  the  margins.  The  artist  has  taken 
every  advantage  of  the  incidents  in  this  volume  for  his  sketches, 
the  head-  and  tail-pieces,  particularly  the  latter  affording 
ample  space  for  elaborate  paintings,  which  are  in  every  re- 
spect BRILLIANT  AND  BEAUTIFUL.  Not  Only  are  incidents  de- 
picted, BUT  ACTUAL  VIEWS  OF  MISSIONS,  BUILDINGS  AND  LOCALI- 
TIES with  which  the  volume  treats,  are  represented  with  an 
accuracy  possible  only  by  actual  knowledge  of  the  places  de- 
scribed. 

393.  JAMES  (HENRY).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Jan.  30 
[1896],  To  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.,  with  portrait  on  rice 
paper.    2  pieces,  inlaid  and  mounted  to  8vo. 

394.  JOHNSON  (CHARLES  PLUMTRE).  The  Early 
Writings  of  William  Makepeace  Thackeray.  With  illustra- 
tions, after  Thackeray,  Chinnery,  Walker,  and  Doyle.  8vo, 
cloth,  leather  back,  gilt  top,  uncut  (back  worn). 

■  *  Limited  issue.  Lond. :  Elliot  Stock,  1888 

395.  KEEPSAKE  (The)  for  1849.  Edited  by  the  Countess 
of  Blessington.  Illustrated  with  beautifully  finished  engrav- 
ings hy  Charles  Heath.    8vo,  cloth,  full  gilt  edges. 

Lond. :  Bogue,  1849 

*  Contains  ' '  An  Interesting  Event ' '  by  Thackeray. 

396.  KENNEDY  (JOHN  P.).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to;  also, 
A.  S.,  with  2  different  portraits.  4  pieces,  inlaid  or  mounted 
to  Svo. 

397.  KINGSLEY  (CHARLES).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  12mo. 
Eversley  Rectory,  May  7,  1867.    Personal. 

398.  KNOX  (HENRY,  Gen.  in  Rev.).  A.  L.  S.,  1  folio. 
New  York,  19th  Nov.,  1786.  Has  just  arrived  from  Phila- 
delphia. 

399.  LAFAYETTE  (MARQUIS  DE).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p. 
4to.     Paris,  May  11,  1828. 

*  Personal  and  friendly  letter  to  Col.  Fish.     Speaks  of  "the 
rotten  boroughs  of  the  greater  part  of  Great  Britain,"  etc. 

400.  LALAUZE  (AD.).  Original  wash  drawing  Oriental 
Scene,  showing  two  natives  approaching  an  Oriental  city 
on  white  horses,  with  Remarque.     Signed.     Svo. 

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401.  LAMB  (CHARLES).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  n.  d.  To 
"  Mr.  Oilier  (the  publisher),  Mr.  Colburu's,  New  Burlington 

Street." 

♦Characteristic  and  amusing.  "Pray,  let  one  have  one 
magazine,  two  if  the  Chinese  jests  are  in  ...  I  send  a  fresh 
hatch  .  .  .  You  must  speak  loud  to  the  bearer  who  is  as  deaf  as  a 
X)0st,"  etc. 

402.  LANDOR  (WALTER  SAVAGE).  Imaginary  Con- 
versations of  Literary  Men  and  Statesmen.  Vols.  1,  2  and 
3.     3  vols.  8vo,  half  morocco  (rubbed).     Lond.  1826-28. 

*  Unique  copy  from  the  library  of  Col.  Hamilton  Smith, 
friend  of  Landor,  with  his  bookplate.  Bound  in  at  end  of  Vol. 
8  are  the  proof  sheets  of  the  Additional  Conversations  which 
appeared  in  Blackwood's  1842  43,  with  Lander's  presentation 
inscription  to  Emma  Smith,  and  his  MS.  corrections,  altera- 
tions, &c.  The  galley  proof  of  another  conversation  (cut  and 
mounted),  also  with  Lander's  corrections;  a  four-page  letter 
from  Landor  to  Col.  Smith;  two  long  and  interesting  letters  to 
Lady  Blessington ;  copy  in  Italian  of  inscription  on  Garibaldi's 
house;  and  A.  L.  S.  in  Italian  to  Sig.  Nistri,  a  bookseller  in 
Pisa.    Bookplates  of  Julian  Marshall. 


403.  LANDOR  (WALTER  SAVAGE).  Pericles  and 
Aspasia.  First  Edition.  2  vols.  8vo,  half  roan,  uncut 
(worn),  Lond.  1836 

*Laid  in  is  a  letter  from  Landor  to  James  T.  Field.     "  .  .  .  . 
I  have  been  expecting,  from  my  friend  Browning,  copies  of 

poems,  which  he  took  the  trouble  to  transcribe I  send 

ivhat  printers  call  Errata,  which  I  beleive  I  have  mostly  noticed 
in  the  text.  Errata  is  somewhat  like  Exeunt  in  Plays,  I  will 
forward  what  Mr.  Browning  sends.  .  .  .  W.  S.  Landor."  The 
book  was  presented  to  John  G.  Whittier  by  James  T.  Field  and 
has  the  label  of  the  Whittier  sale,  signed  by  Samuel  T.  Pickford. 

404.  LARCOM  (LUCY,  Poetess).  Original  MSS.  Poem 
•'  In  Silent  Meeting,"  a  memory,  16  lines,  oblong  8vo,  n.  d. 

405.  LEE  (ARTHUR,  Distinguished  Patriot  in  the 
Revolution).  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  Board  of  Treasury,  Aug.  9, 
1786.  Signed  also  by  Samuel  Osgood  and  Walter  Livingston, 
Financial. 

406.  LEE  (RICHARD  HENRY,  Revolutionary  States- 
man). Signature;  Jay  (John,  Chief  Justice,  U.  S.).  Signa- 
ture; Lossing  (Benson  J.).  Autograph  quotation  and  2 
A.  L's  S. ;  W.  E.  H.  Lecky.    A.  L.  S. ;  and  others.  9  pieces. 

407.  LEECH  (JOHN).  A.  L.  S.,  3  p.  8vo.  "1  Crescent, 
Scarbro',"  Sunday,  n.  d.     With  photograph. 

*To  Mark  Lemon.  Suggests  a  caricature  and  says  he  is 
about  to  travel  North  and  trusts  to  get  ' '  some  fresh  subjects 
for  our  dear  old  friend  Punch." 

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408.  LEECH  (JOHN).  Fifty  colored  plates,  etched  by 
Leech  to  illustrate  "Jack  Bragg,"  "Christopher  Tad- 
pole," and  "  Hector  O'Halloran."  Each  plate  printed  on 
LargePaper  and  mounted.  In  half  cloth  portfolio,  [ca.  1850] 

409.  LELAND  (CHARLES  G.,  Author  of  "  Hans  Breit- 
mann,"  etc.).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.  Weybridge,  Feb.  5, 
1874.     Literary. 

410.  LEMON  (MARK).  The  Enchanted  Doll.  A  Fairy 
Tale  for  Little  People.  Illustrated  by  Richard  Doyle. 
12mo,  original  pink  boards,  uncut. 

*  First  Edition.       Lond.  :  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1849 

411.  LINCOLN  (ABRAHAM).  Chair  used  by  Lincoln 
and  his  family  while  in  the  White  House.  Mahogany 
dining-room  chair  with  leather  seat.  On  the  back  is  a 
silver  plate  bearing  the  inscription:  "  President  Abraham 
Lincoln,  1861-65."  In  the  correspondence  of  Major  William 
H.  Lambert,  at  the  sale  of  whose  collection  this  chair  was 
purchased,  there  were  letters  vouching  for  the  genuineness 
of  this  relic. 

412.  LINCOLN  (BENJAMIN,  Gen.  in  Rev.)  A.  L.  S., 
1  p.  4to.     Boston,  Oct.  8,  1799.     To  Gen.  Jackson. 

*  Mentions  Gen.  Knox,  whom  he  is  about  to  visit. 


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THIRD  SESSION 

Thursday  Afternoon,  April  27,   1916,  at  2:30  o'clock 
Lots  413  to  622 


413.  LITERARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  Sarah  Orne  Jewett, 
A.  S. ;  Lucy  Larcom,  A.  S. ;  Catherine  M.  Sedgwick,  A.  S. ;. 
Harriet  Prescott  Spofford,  with  autograph  verse  of  four 
lines;  Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox,  A.  N.  S. ;  V.  Jefferson  Davis, 
A.  S.  6  pieces.  Julia  Ward  Howe,  facsimile  of  "Battle 
Hymn  of  the  Republic."  7  pieces,  mounted  or  inlaid  to8vo. 

414.  LITERARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  Edward  Eggleston, 
A.  S.,  with  portrait;  C.  C.  Felton,  portion  of  A.  N.  S.,  with 
portrait;  O.  B.  Frothingham,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  with  por- 
trait; Rufus  Dawes,  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to.  7  pieces,  inlaid 
or  mounted  to  8vo. 

415.  LITERARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  Elihu  Burritt,  Origi- 
nal Manuscript  of  a  "Preface."  2pp.  Svo  (one  corner 
damaged);  Albert  Barnes,  A.  S.,  with  portrait;  James 
Brooks,  A.  L,  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  with  portrait;  Henry  Coppee, 
A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  Svo,  with  portrait.  7  pieces,  inlaid  or 
mounted. 

416.  LITERARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  William  Ware,  A.  S., 
with  portrait;  Theodore  D.  Woolsey,  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  Svo, 
with  three  different  portraits;  Francis  Wayland,  A.  N.  S., 
with  portrait.     8  pieces,  inlaid  or  mounted  to  8vo. 

417.  LITERARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  W.  D.  Ticknor, 
A.  S.,  on  check;  George  Ticknor,  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  Svo;  Albion 
W.  Tourgee,  A.  S.,  with  sentiment  and  portrait;  J.  T.  Trow- 
bridge, A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  Svo,  with  portrait;  E.  P.  Whipple, 
A.  S.,  with  portrait.     S  pieces,  inlaid  or  mounted  to  Svo. 

418.  LITERARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  F.  S.  Cozzens,  A.  L.  S., 

1  p.  Svo,  with  portrait;  James  Grant  Wilson,  A.  S.,  with 
portrait;  Richard  Grant  White,  A.  S. ;  J.  Rodman  Drake, 
3  different  portraits,  with  facsimile  signatures.  8  pieces, 
inlaid  or  mounted  to  Svo. 

419.  LITERARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  Mrs.  C.  M.  Kirk- 
land,  A.  S.,  with  two  portraits;  Elizabeth  Stuart  Phelps, 
A.  S.,  with  two  portraits;  Lydia  H.   Sigourney,  A.  L.  S., 

2  pp.  8vo,  with  portrait  and  view  of  her  home.  9  pieces, 
mounted  or  inlaid  to  Svo. 

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420.  LITER ARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  M.  F.  Maury,  A.  L.  S., 
1  p.  8vo,  with  portrait;  Joaquin  Miller,  A.  S.,  with  portrait; 
George  P.  Morris,  A.  N.  S.,  with  portrait;  George  P.  Marsh, 
A.  L.  S  ,  1  p.  8vo,  with  portrait;  J.  B.  McMaster,  A.  N.  S., 

1  p.  8vo,  with  portrait.   10  pieces,  inlaid  or  mounted  to  8vo. 

431.  LITERARY  AUTOGRAPHS.  RufusW.  Griswold, 
A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to,  with  portrait;  Thomas  Wentworth  Hig- 
ginson,  A.  S. ;  Fitz-Greene  Ilalleck:,  A.  S.,  with  2  different 
portraits;  Henry  George,  A.  S.,  with  2  different  portraits; 
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428.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.).  Outre-Mer:  A 
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429.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.)  Hyperion;  A  Ro- 
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430.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.).  The  Spanish 
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431.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.).  L.  S.,  3  pp.  4to. 
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Spanish  Student  ";  also  signature  (2  pieces). 

432.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.).  Evangeline,  A 
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433.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.).  Kavanagh.  First 
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434.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.).  Prose  Works. 
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Lond.  1855 

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Lockwood,  brother  of  Lady  Napier  of  Merchiston,  relating  to 
"  Axel  and  other  Poems." 

435.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.).  Song  of  Hiawatha. 
First  Edition.     12mo,  original  cloth.  Bost.  1855 

436.  LONGFELLOW  (HENRY  W.).  Keramos  and  other 
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copy. 

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438.  LOWELL  (JAMES  RUSSELL).  A.  L.  S,  1  p.  8vo. 
n.  d.     Personal. 

439.  LOWELL  (JAMES  RUSSELL).  A  Year's  Life. 
First  Edition.  12mo,  original  boards,  uncut,  with  the 
paper  label.  Bost.  1841 

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440.  LOWELL  (JAMES  RUSSELL).  Poems.  12mo, 
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Cambridge,  1844 

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441.  LOWELL  (JAMES  RUSSELL).  The  Vision  of  Sir 
Launfal.  First  Edition.  12mo,  full  crimson  crushed 
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by  Bradstreet.  Cambridge,  1848 

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443.  LOWELL  (JAMES  RUSSELL).  Among  my  Books. 
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Bost. :  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1870 

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443.  LOWELL  (JAMES  RUSSELL).  Poetical  Works. 
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Bost.  1876 

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445.  LYTTON  (SIR  E.  B  ,  Author).  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  4to, 
without  place  or  date.    Long  and  interesting  literary  letter. 

446.  LYTTON  (SIR  E.  B.,  Author).  A.  L  S.,  marked 
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velope, postmarked  May  20,  1851. 

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private  theatricals  at  Devonshire  House. 

447.  LYTTON  (ROBERT,  ''Owen  Meredith  ").  A.  L.  S., 
3  pp.  8vo.  Grove  Mill,  Watford,  n.  d.  Mentions  his 
"  Lucile,"  American  edition  of  his  poems,  etc. 

448.  Mcintosh  (JOHN,  General).  Two  A.  L's  S. 
Patriot's  Camp,  27th  April  and  1st  May,  1812.  War  opera- 
tions in  Florida.  To  Gov.  Mitchell  of  Georgia  (few  words 
missing  from  one  letter). 

449.  MARSHALL  (JOHN,  Chief  Justice).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p. 
4to.     n.  d.     To  W.  B.  Giles.     Legal. 

450.  MEADOWS  (KENNY).  Heads  of  the  People,  or 
Portraits  of  the  English,  with  essays  by  distinguished 
writers.  Numerous  illustrations  by  Kenny  Meadows.  2 
vols,  fcvo,  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.  1840 

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green  calf,  gilt  tooled  back  and  borders,  gilt  edges,  by 
Zaehnsdorf.  Lond.  1868 

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452.  MITCHELL  (DONALD  G.  ('  IkeMarvell ').  A.  L.  S., 
1  page  8vo.     Edgewood,  24th  Feb.,  1862.     Brief  Note. 

453.  MITCHELL  (DONALD  G.).  American  Land  and 
Letters.     Illustrated.     8vo,  half  morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

N.  Y.  1897 
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454.  MOORE  (THOMAS).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  "May- 
field  Cottage,  Wednesday."     To  the  Rev.  R.  N.  French. 

*  Mentions  Sir  John  Stevenson,  the  musician,  who  is  "  af 
this  instant  composing  so  outrageously  in  my  ears  that  I  hardly 
know  ivhat  I  urrite." 

455.  MORRIS  (GOUVERNEUR,  Statesman).  A.  L.  S., 
1  p.  4to.  Morrisania,  4  July,  1815.  To  David  Parish, 
Phila. 

456.  MOTLEY  (J.  L.).  Morton's  Hope;  or,  The  Memoirs 
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*  Motley's  First  Book. 

457.  MOTLEY  (J.  L.).  Merry-Mount;  A  Romance  of 
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12mo,  cloth.  Bost.   1849 

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458.  MUHLENBERG  (W.  A.).  Famous  clergyman  and 
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23,  1822.     Appointment  to  preach  at  York. 

459.  NAST  (THOMAS,  Illustrator).  Signature;  Edwin 
Forrest,  signature;  P.  T.  Barnum,  A.  L.  S. ;  Admiral  A.  T. 
Mahan,  signature;  Laurence  Hutton,  A.  L.  S,  2  pp.;  and 
others ;  and  5  others.     10  pieces. 

A  LETTER  OF  HISTORIC  INTEREST. 

460.  PENN  (WILLIAM,  Founder  of  Pennsylvania). 
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*  A  LETTER  OF  GREAT  INTEREST.  He  says:  "  I  presented  to 
ye  Queen  in  my  Petition  John  Evans  Esq.  for  her  Royall  ap- 
probation .  .  .  tobe  my  Lieutenant  Qover.  for  the  Province 
of  Pensilvania  &  territory s  wch.  being  referred  to  you  last 
Cabinett  J  beg  you  will  not  suffer  me  to  Loose  ye  Councill  to 
morrow,  a  ship  being  ready  to  go  in  a  very  few  days." 

Evans  was  appointed  deputy-governor  in  Feb.,  1704,  and 
after  a  somewhat  stormy  career  was  recalled  in  1709. 

461.  PARKMAN  (FRANCIS).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo,  "Old 
Wentworth  House,"  n.  d.     To  E.  C.  Stedman. 

*  Says  he  is  welcome  to  use  any  extracts  from  his  works. 

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462.  PICKERING  (TIMOTHY,  Sec.  of  State).  Franked 
postal  address;  Governor  William  C.  C.  Claiborne,  A.  L.  S. 
to  Commander  Porter;  Edwards  (Pierrepont),  Continental 
Congressman.    A.  L.  S.,  1789;  and  others.     6  pieces. 

463.  PIKE  (ALBERT),  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  August  19, 
1889.  To  Messrs.  E.  P.  Dutton  and  Co.,  about  his  volume 
of  poems,  together  with  portrait,  in  Masonic  regalia.  2 
pieces. 

464.  POE  (EDGAR  ALLAN).  The  Raven  and  Other 
Poems.  12mo,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt, 
gilt  top,  by  Bradstreet.  N.  Y.  1844 

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and  the  four  pages  of  advertisements  at  the  end.  One  of  the 
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serted. 

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N.  Y.  :  John  Wiley,  1849 

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signed  "Thomas  W.  White."  At  this  time  White  was  the 
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being  signed  with  another  name,  without  explanation,  and 
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of  it.  Lucian  Minor,  Esq.,  to  whom  the  communication  is  ad- 
dressed, evidently  was  a  contributor,  as  the  first  paragraph 
concerns  itself  with  a  number  of  references  to  editorials,  an 
address,  etc.  The  latter  part  reads :  "  I  ivill  hand  your  trans- 
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the  original  addi'ess  on  a  separate  slip:  "  Lucien  Minor  Esq. 
Charlottesville,  Virginia. " 

466.  PRESCOTT  (WILLIAM  H.).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  12mo, 
Boston,  Feb.  11,  n.  d. ;  Motley  (J.  L.),  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  July 
18,  1870.     Personal.     2  pieces. 

467.  PUNCH,  or.  The  London  Charivari.  Illustrated  with 
thousands  of  humorous  illusirations  by  Leech,  R.  Doyle, 
Tenniel,  Du  Maurier,  ''Phiz,"  Sir  J.  Gilbert,  Bennett, 
Caldecott,  Harry  Furniss,  and  others.  Complete  set  from 
1841  to  1915,  inclusive,  bound  in  76  vols,  (1915  in  number). 
4to,  half  red  morocco  (some  vols,  rubbed).    Lond.  1841-1915 

*  The  most  nearly  complete  set  ever  offeked  at  public 
auction.     Fine  condition. 

468.  RANDOLPH  (JOHN,  "of  Roanoke").'  A.  L.  S.,  1  p. 
4to.  Bisarre,  3rd  Oct.,  1801.  To  St.  George  Tucker. 
Personal. 

469.  READ  (THOS.  BUCHANAN,  Author).  Original 
Autograph  Verses,  eight  lines,  commencing  "When  the 
sweet  day  in  silence  hath  departed."  One  x^age  8vo,  dated 
May  8th,  1858. 

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470.  READE  (CHARLES).  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.  u.  d. 
About  a  lawsuit  against  Bentley  re  the  profits  on  the  sales 
of  "  Peg  Woffiugton  "  and  "  Christie  Johnstone."  Recites 
the  court's  judgment  in  his  favor. 

471.  READE  (CHARLES).  Collected  Set  of  the  Works 
of  Charles  Reade.  All  First  Editions.  43  vols.  8vo 
and  12mo,  half  red  levant  morocco,  gilt  tops,  uncut,  by 
Riviere.  Lond.  18531884 

*  The  set  comprises  Christie  Johnstone,  1853 ;  Peg  WofHngton, 
1853;  Masks  and  Faces,  1854;  It  is  Never  too  Late  to  Mend.  3 
vols.,  1856;  Course  of  True  Love,  1857;  White  Lies,  3  vols..  1857; 
Cream,  1858;  Love  Me  Little,  Love  Me  Long.  2  vols.,  1859;  The 
Eighth  Commandment,  1860;  The  Cloister  and  the  Hearth,  4 
vols.,  1861;  Hard  Cash,  3  vols.,  1863;  Griffith  Gaunt,  3  vols., 
1866;  Foul  Play,  3  vols.,  1868;  Put  Yourself  in  his  Place,  3  vols.. 
1870;  A  Terrible  Temptation,  3  vols.,  1871;  A  Simpleton,  3  vols., 
1373;  Trade  Malice  and  the  Wandering  Heir,  1875;  A  Woman- 
Hater,  3  vols..  1877;  A  Perilous  Secret,  2  vols.,  1884;  Readiana, 
1883.  Sets  of  First  Editions  of  the  Writings  of  Charles  Reade 
are  very  seldom  offered  for  sale,  the  earlier  volumes  being  very 
scarce.  This  set  comprises  everything  he  wrote  with  the  ex- 
ception of  Singleheart  and  Doubleface,  1884. 

472.  REED  (JOSEPH,  Pres.  of  Pennsylvania).  L.  S.,  2 
pp.  folio,  Philadelphia,  April  8,  1779.  To  the  Commissary 
General,  regarding  supplies  for  the  frontiers,  establishment 
of  magazines,  etc. 

473.  REID  (WHITELAW).  Privately  printed  copy 
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pp.  royal  8vo;  also,  an  A.  L.  S.  inviting  Mr.  Stedman  to  the 
farewell  dinner  to  Edmund  Yates,  his  address  card,  eight 
signatures,  a  photograph  and  an  engraving  of  the  photo- 
graph. 

474.  RIEDESEL  (MADAME  DE).  Letters  and  Memoirs 
Relating  to  the  War  of  American  Independence  and  the 
Capture  of  the  German  Troops  at  Saratoga,  and  an  appen- 
dix containing  "Gen.  Riedesel  Correspondence  with  General 
Washington  and  General  Gates  "  12mo,  original  boards, 
uncut.     Scarce.  N.  Y.  1827 

475.  RITCHIE  (ANNE).  A.  L.  S.,  7  pp.  Svo.  The  End 
House,  Berkeley  Place,  Wimbledon,  June  25.  No  year.  To 
Mr.  Curtis.  A  friendly  letter  referring  to  the  possibility  of 
^^ putting  together  a  few  notes  to  an  edition  of  my  Father's 
'books." 

476.  ROGERS  (SAMUEL).  Poems.  Vignettes.  2  vols. 
12mo,  full  green  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges.  Lond.  1845 

*  Presentation  Copy,  ' '  The  Lady  Francis  Russell  from  her 
sincere  Friend,  Samuel  Sogers,  Dec.  17,  1849." 

477.  RUSKIN  (JOHN).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  Svo.  Oxford,  Thurs- 
day, n,  d.    To  J.  W.  Gibbs,  with  envelope. 

*"/  have  been  grieved  to  neglect  you  .  .  .  I  mu^t  neglect 
many  if  I  try  to  serve  many." 

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478.  ST.  NICHOLAS.  An  illustrated  Magazine  for  Young 
Folks.    Vols  .1-17,  inclusive.    26  vols,  square  8vo,  half  morocco. 

N.  Y.  1873-1890 

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479.  SAND  (GEORGE).  The  Masterpieces  of,  Now  Com- 
pletely Translated  into  English  by  G.  B.  Ives.  Illustrated 
with  photogravures,  the  frontispieces  in  duplicate  {one  set  in 
colors) .  20  vols.  8vo,  silk  cloth,  uncut  (one  volume  has  a  nail- 
hole  in  cloth  back) .  Phila.,  n.  d. 

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480.  SAXE  (JOHN  G.).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to;  A.  S.,  Endorse- 
ment on  check,  together  with  3  different  portraits.  5  pieces, 
inlaid  or  mounted  to  8vo. 

481.  SCOTT  (SIR  WALTER).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  Edin- 
burgh, 1st  Feby.  [1817]. 

*  Subscribing  to  a  Miss  Campbell's  poems  and  says  "I  mix 
so  little  with  the  public  here  that  I  cannot  6e  of  the  service 
to  any  person  of  her  merit  which  I  would  sincerely  wish  to  be 
in  the  present  case." 

Very  fine  specimen. 

482.  SCOTT  (SIR  WALTER).  Waverley  Novels.  Illus- 
trated with  numerous  engravings  on  steel  and  hundreds  of 
woodcuts  throughout  the  text.  25  vols,  royal  8vo,  half  mo- 
rocco, gilt  top,  uncut.  Edinb.  1842-47 

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one  of  the  most  popular  editions  of  the  Waverley  Novels.  The 
original  12  vols,  have  been  divided. 

483.  SECRET  MEMOIRS.  The  Secret  History  of  the  Most 
Renowned  Q.  Elizabeth  and  the  E.  of  Essex.  Engraved  frontis- 
piece. By  a  Person  of  Quality.  The  two  parts  complete. 
18mo,  unbound  (pages  and  plate  foxed). 

♦Scarce.  Lond. :  Printed  by  J.  Darby,  1725 

484.  SEWARD  (MISS).  Monody  on  Major  Andre;  to 
which  are  added  Letters  Addressed  to  her  by  Major  Andre  in 
the  year  1769.  First  Edition.  4to,  stitched,  unbound  (small 
tear  in  2  margins).  Litchfield,  1781 

'     *  Contains   Miss   Seward's    signature:    "Anna   Seward,"    at 
p.  28. 

485.  SIMMS  (WILLIAM  GILMORE).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  4to. 
Woodlands,  S.  C,  June  10,  no  year.  To  George  Roberts,  Ed, 
"Boston  Notion."  Regarding  remuneration  for  literary 
work;  also,  A.  S.,  with  portrait  and  2  views  of  "Woodlands." 
4  pieces,  inlaid  or  mounted  to  8vo. 

486.  SOWER  IMPRINT.  The  Christian  Pattern;  or,  the 
Imitation  of  Jesus  Christ,  being  an  Abridgement  of  the  Works 
of  Thomas  a  Kempis  by  a  Female  Hand.  8vo,  full  brown  mo- 
rocco, uncut  (foxed). 

London,  Printed  1744  Germantown:  Re-Printed,  by  Chris- 
topher Sower,  1749. 

*  Scarce. 

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487.  STEDMAN  (E.  C).  Original  poem:  "Hawthorne." 
12  lines,  signed  in  full.  Written  on  large  quarto  sheet  and 
suitable  for  framing, 

488.  STEPHENS  (HENRY  L.).  Original  Pencil  Dra\^ing 
of  himself,  with  autograph.    8vo. 

489.  STEVENS  (THADDEUS)).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.;  Gerrit 
Smith,  A.  S. ;  J.  W.  Wallach,  Jr.,  A.  S. ;  Martin  Farquhar 
Tupper,  A.  S. ;  John  Van  Buren,  A,  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.  Undated. 
To  Mr.  Rowsen.    o  pieces. 

490.  [STEVENSON  (ROBERT  LOUIS).]  The  Edinburgh 
University  Magazine.  No.  1,  Jan.  to  No.  4,  April,  1871.  4 
J.  arts,  8vo,  original  straw-colored  paper  wrappers  (name  on 
3  of  the  covers),  uncut,  in  a  red  morocco,  solander  case. 

Edinb.  1871 

*  Very  Rare.  Contains  seven  articles  by  Robert  Louis  Steven- 
son, contributed  while  he  was  a  student  at  the  University. 
Only  four  numbers  were  published. 

491.  STEVENSON  (ROBERT  LOUIS).  The  Graver  and 
the  Pen;  or.  Scenes  from  Nature  with  Appropriate  Verses. 
Illustrated  ivith  5  cuts.  Small  square  12mo,  original  French- 
grey  paper  wrappers,  unstitched,  with  the  title  in  red. 

Edinb.:  S.  L.  Osbourne  &  Co.,  17  Heriot  Row  [1882] 

*  The  very  Rare  First  Edition.  No  genuine  copy  has 
appeared  at  auction  since  the  Klein  sale. 

492.  STEVENSON  (R.  L.).  The  New  Amphion,  Being  the 
Book  of  the  Edinburgh  University  Union  Fancy  Fair.  Illus- 
trations. 24mo,  parchment  boards  (back  broken,  piece  miss- 
ing). Edinb.  1886 

*  First  edition  of  articles  and  poems  by  Andrew  Lang,  J.  M. 
Barrie,  R.  B.  Browning  and  R.  L.  Stevenson,  who  contributed 
"Some  College  Memories." 

493.  STEVENSON  (R.  L.,  Author).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to. 
Skerryvore,  Bournemouth,  Feb.  5th,  1886. 

*  To  Thomas  6.  Leggatt.  Encloses  his  portrait  and  says 
"if  many  jiersons  icere  to  write  to  me  for  portraits  such  little 
time  a7ul  strength  as  I  possess  would  he  employed  in  sending 
answers. "  . 

The  portrait  referred  to  is  with  the  letter  and  is  a  cabinet 
photograph  of  great  rarity.  It  was  recently  reproduced  in  a 
N.  Y.  newspaper  as  a  newly  discovered  portrait  of  Stevenson. 
This  letter  fixes  the  date. 

494.  STEVENSON  (R.  L.,  Author).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  large 
4to.    Vailiina  Plantation,  Dec.  28th,  1892. 

*  To  T.  G.  Leggatt  *  *  /  ivas  very  gratefully  affected  by  your 
remembrance  of  my  birthday  .  ...  we  are  now  about  as  far 
apart  as  the  limits  of  our  two  penny  planet  will  admit." 
With  envelope. 

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495.  STEVENSON  (R.  L.).  A  Letter  to  Mr.  Stevenson's 
Friends  (with  Prefatory  note  by  Lloyd  Osbourne  and  a  Poem 
by  E.  Gosse).  First  Edition.  12'mo,  printed  wrappers,  wire 
stitched,  uncut.  [Samoa],  1894 

*  Issued  for  private  circulation  only ;  without  imprint  but 
believed  to  have  been  printed  at  Samoa. 

496.  STOCKTON  (FRANK  R.).  The  Novels  and  Stories  of 
Stockton.  Portraits  and  illustrations  on  China  paper.  23  vols. 
8vo,  half  crinkled  calf,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

N.  Y. :  Scribner,  1899-1904 

*  Limited  Edition  on  Japan  paper  throughout. 

497.  STORY  (JOSEPH).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to.  Cambridge, 
Oct.  15, 1833.  With  3  different  portraits,  and  view  of  his  home. 
5  pieces,  inlaid  or  mounted  to  8vo. 

498.  STOWE  (HARRIET  BEECHER,  Author  of  "Uncle 
Tom's  Cabin").  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  12mo.  Mandarin  [Fla.],  Jan. 
27,  1876.     To  :\rr.  King. 

499.  SURTEES  (R.  S.).  Mr.  Sponge's  Sporting  Tour.  13 
colored  plates  and  numerous  text  illustrations  by  John  Leech. 
First  Edition.     8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt  edges  (worn). 

Lond.  1853 

*  Inserted  is  an  original  water-color  drawing  by  John 
Leech,  showing  three  horsemen. 

500.  SYMONDS  (JOHN  ADDINGTON).  Wine,  Women, 
and  Song.  Mediaeval  Latin  Students'  Songs.  Now  First 
Translated  into  English  Verse.  12]no,  full  levant  morocco, 
gilt,  gilt  top,  dentelle  borders,  uncut.  Lond.  1884 

*  The  scarce  First  Edition,  in  a  very  handsome  binding,  by 
Eowfant   Bindery. 

501.  TAYLOR  (BAYARD).  Ximena;  or,  The  Battle  of 
the  Sierra  ]\Iorena  and  Other  Poems.  12mo,  full  olive  green 
levant  gilt,  gilt  top,  uncut,  original  brown  wrappers,  bound  in, 
by  Rowfant  Bindery.  Phila.  1844 

*  First  Edition  of  Bayard  Taylor 's  first  book.  Very 
scarce. 

502.  TAYLOR  (BAYARD).  2  A.  S's.  with  4  different 
portraits,  one  on  rice  paper.  6  pieces,  inlaid  or  mounted  to 
8vo. 

503.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  Poems  by  Two 
'Brothers.    12mo,  boards,  rebacked  (broken).  Lond.  1827 

*  Large  Paper  Copy  op  the  First  Edition.  From  the 
McKee  library,  with  book-plate.  Inserted  is  an  A.  N.  S.  by 
Tennyson,  sending  thanks  for  "Poets  in  the  Pulpit." 

504.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  Prolusiones  Acad- 
emicfe  (containing  Timbuctoo,  a  poem  which  obtained  the 
Chancellor's  Medal  at  the  Cambridge  Commencement,  1829). 
8vo,  three-quarter  mauve  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges. 

*  First  Edition  :  scarce.  Cambridge   [1829] 

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605.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  A.  L.  S.,'  3  pp. 
8vo.  10,  St.  James  Square,  Cheltenham,  Nov.  5  [1847].  To 
F.  Freili^'ath. 

* "/  Icnetv  that  you  xcere  a  celebrated  German  poet  and 
lover  of  liberty  .  .  .  I  feel  the  honour  you  have  done  me  in 
translating  some  of  my  poems  into  your  oivn  noble  and  power- 
ful language."    Very  fine  specimen. 

506.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  The  Princess:  A 
Medley.  First  Edition.  12mo,  full  crimson  levant  morocco, 
the  back  and  sides  entirely  covered  with  a  tulip  design,  the 
flowers,  which  number  108  in  all,  being  inlaid  in  citron  mo- 
rocco, and  the  stems,  outlines,  and  conventional  ornaments  in. 
gilt,  inside  borders,  silk  doublures  and  ends,  gilt  top,  uncut, 
by  Zaehnsdorf.  Lond.  1847 

507.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  The  Princess;  A 
Medlev.     First  Edition.     16mo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Lond.  1847 

*  This  copy  contains  six  lines  of  the  original  manuscript  poera, 
differing  considerably  from  the  printed  version,  see  page  68. 

508.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  ]\raud,  and  other 
Poems.  First  Edition.  12mo,  full  sage  green  crushed  levant 
morocco,  sides  tooled  to  a  rich  honeysuckle  design,  with  birds 
and  butterflies,  back  to  match,  inside  borders,  old  rose  silk 
linings  and  end-leaves,  rough  gilt  edges,  by  the  Club  Bindery. 

Lond.  1855 

*  In. a  case.     Contains  the  book-plate  of  H.  W.  Poor. 

509.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  Idylls  of  the 
King.  12mo,  full  light  green  crushed  levant  morocco,  blind- 
tooled  borders  and  centre  ornaments  on  the  sides  on  a  gold 
pointille  ground,  gilt  back  and  inside  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut, 
by  De  Sauty,  in  a  cloth  case.  Lond.  1859 

*  First  Edition.    A  fine  copy. 

510.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo. 
Farringford,  Isle  of  Wight,  Jan.  18,  1874.  Accepts  honorary 
membership  in  the  Temple  Club.    Good  specimen  for  framing. 

511.  TENNYSON  (ALFRED,  LORD).  Queen  Mary:  a 
Drama.  First  Edition.  12mo,  full  crushed  green  levant  mo- 
rocco (back  faded),  gilt  inside  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by 
the  Club  Bindery.  Lond.  1875 

*  Contains  the  book-plate  of  H.  W.  Poor. 

512.  THACKERAY  (MISS,  Mrs.  Richmond  Ritchie). 
Collected  Set  of  the  Works.  All  First  Editions.  Ilhistra- 
tions.    10  vols.  8vo,  half  blue  morocco,  gilt  tops,  bv  Root. 

Lond.  1863-1885 

*  Comprises,  Story  of  Elizabeth,  1863;  The  Village  on  the 
Cliff,  1867;  Five  Old  Friends,  1868;  To  Esther,  1869;  Old  Ken- 
sington, 2  vols.  1873;  Toilers  and  Spinsters,  1874;  Miss  Wil- 
liamson's Divagations,  1881;  A  Book  of  Sybils,  1883;  Mrs. 
Dymond,  1885. 

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FIRST  EDITIONS  OF  THE  WRITINGS  OF 
W.  M.  THACKERAY. 

613.  THE  COMIC  ALMANACK  and  Diary.  Edited  by 
Henry  ]\Iayhew.  With  numerous  fine  etchings  and  colored 
plates  by  George  Cruikshank.  Bound  in  9  vols.  12mo,  half 
claret  morocco,  gilt  tops.  Lond.  1835-1853 

*  A  FINE   COMPLETE  SET,  WITH  ALL  THE  AI>VEBTISEMENTS   AND 

COVERS  BOUND  IN.  Thackeray's  "Stubb's  Calendar;  or,  The 
Fatal  Boots,"  appears  in  the  1839  number  for  the  first  time> 
and  in  the  issue  for  1840,  his  "Barber  Cox,  and  the  Cutting 
of  his  Comb ' '  was  first  published  in  any  form. 

514.  THE  YELLOWPLUSH  CORRESPONDENCE.  12mo^ 
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Walters.  Phila. :  Carey  &  Hart,  1838 

*  The  First  Collected  Edition  of  any  of  Thackeray  's 
WRITINGS  that  appeared  in  England  or  America,  and  antedates 
the  second  publication  (Paris  Sketch  Book)  by  two  years. 
Every  copy  of  this  work  commences  with  the  title-page,  then 
a  page  with  the  caption,  the  reverse  of  which  is  marked  page 
"  14. "  The  work  is  perfect,  the  space  having  been  left  for  an 
intended  preface  or  introduction,  which  never  appeared.  Very 
Scarce. 

615.  THE  LOVING  BALLAD  of  Lord  Bateman.  With  12 
illustrations  by  George  CruiksJmnk,  including  plate  of  Music. 
Square  24mo,  original  limp  green  cloth,  with  gilt  design  by 
Cruikshank,  in  green  morocco  slip-case,  bv  Zaehnsdorf. 

Lond.  I  Charles  Tilt,  1839 

*  Fine  Copy  of  the  First  Edition,  in  almost  unspotted  oon- 
dition,  with  the  page  numbers  (for  the  text)  in  the  center,  and 
''wine"  spelled  correctly  on  p.  13.  Printed  on  one  side  of 
the  leaf  only.  The  text  is  now  considered  with  reasonable 
certainty  to  be  by  Thackeray,  and  the  Preface  and  Notes  by- 
Dickens. 

516.  THE  CORSAIR.  A  Gazette  of  Literature,  Art,  Dra- 
matic Criticism,  Fashion  and  Novelty.  From  the  beginning  in 
March,  1839,  to  March  7,  1840,  inclusive,  and  Index.  Edited 
by  N.  P.  Willis  and  T.  0.  Porter.  Folio,  half  calf  (rubbed, 
and  small  piece  out  of  one  leaf  in  No.  52,  due  to  defect  in 
paper).  N.  Y.  1839-40 

*  Of  great  interest  to  the  collector  of  Thackeray,  as  it  con- 
tains "his  first  appearance  before  an  American  audience." 
In  introducing  him,  Mr.  Willis  writes:  "He  will  present  a 
long  letter  every  weelc,  and  you  will  agree  with  me  that  he  is 
no  common  acquisition. ' '  The  volume  contains,  in  all,  nine. 
articles  by  Thackeray.  Hotten,  the  English  publisher,  dis- 
covering these  letters  some  time  after  Thackeray 's  death, '  re- 
published them  under  the  title  of  ' '  The  Student 's  Quarter. ' ' 

617.  THE  PARIS  SKETCH-BOOK.  By  Mr.  Titmarsh. 
With  numerous  designs  by  the  Author,  on  copper  and  ivood, 
2  vols.  8vo,  full  polished  tree-calf,  gilt  backs  and  borders,  gilt 
tops,  uncut,  original  covers  bound  in.       Lond. :  Macrone,  1840 

*  The  Very  Bare  First  Edition.  Nice  copy,  and  one  of  the 
rarest  of  Thackeray's  books  to  procure  in  desirable  condition. 

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FIRST   EDITIONS   OF    THACKERAY— Continued. 

518.  THE  SECOND  FUNERAL  of  Napoleon:  In  Three 
Letters  to  Miss  Smith,  of  London,  and  The  Chronicle  of  the 
Drum.  By  Mr.  INI.  A.  Titmarsh.  Illustrated.  Square  24mo, 
■original  gray  wrappers,  rebacked,  in  blue  levant  morocco  case 

(small  repairs  to  covers,  rebacked). 

Lond. :  Hugh  Cunningham,  1841 

*  Fine  Copy  op  the  Exceedingly  Scarce  Fibst  Edition, 
WITH  THE  leaf  OF  ADVERTISEMENT,  and  free  from  the  usual 
foxings.  The  front  wrapper  bears  an  etching  of  Napoleon  lying 
in  state,  by  Tliackeray,  which  has  never  been  reprinted  in  any 
of  his  works.  Not  only  a  rarity  as  a  Thackeray  first  edition, 
but  lacking  in  most  Napoleon  collections.  Thackeray  had  not 
yet  become  famous  at  the  time  of  writing  this  panrphlet.  He 
was  in  Paris  when  Napoleon 's  body  was  brought  there  from 
St.  Helena,  and  although  it  is  one  of  his  finest  pieces  of  de- 
scriptive writing  he  realized  nothing  from  its  sale,  and  it  be- 
came lost  to  circulation  immediately. 

519.  COMIC  TALES  and  Sketches.  Edited  and  Illustrated 
by  Mr.  Michael  Angelo  Titmarsh.  Illustrated  with  12  plates 
printed  in  sepia.  First  Edition.  2  vols.  8vo,  cloth,  uncut 
(binding  strengthened).  Lond.:  Hugh  Cunningham,  1841 

520.  THE  IRISH  SKETCH-BOOK.  By  Mr.  M.  A.  Tit- 
marsh. With  numerous  engravings  on  tvood  drawn  hy  the 
Author.    2  vols.  8vo,  original  cloth,  uncut. 

Lond.:  Chapman  and  Hall,  1843 

*  First  Edition.     Scarce. 

521.  NOTES  of  a  Journey  from  Cornhill  to  Cairo,  by  the 
Way  of  Lisbon,  Athens,  Constantinople,  and  Jerusalem. 
Colored  frontispiece  and  numerous  woodcuts  hy  the  Author. 
First  Edition.  8vo,  full  polished  calf,  gilt  back  and  borders, 
gilt  top,  lower  edges  uncut,  original  covers  bound  in,  by 
Zaehnsdorf .  Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1846 

522.  MRS.  PERKINS'S  BALL.    By  :\Ir.  M.  A.  Titmarsh. 

Illustrated  tcith  22  colored  plates  hy  the  Author  (including 
title-page).  Third  edition.  Square  8vo,  original  pink  boards, 
gilt  edges  (back  strip  wanting). 

Lond.:  Chapman   and   Hall    [1847] 

*  Charles  Dickens  's  own  copy,  with  his  bookplate,  and 
also  the  label  inserted  at  the  sale  of  his  library.  Issued  the 
same  year  as  the  first  edition,  but  with  printing  under  the 
frontispiece. 

523.  MRS.  PERKINS'S  BALL.  By  M.  A.  Titmarsh.  Illus- 
trated with  22  colored  plates  (including  frontispiece  and  title- 
page),  by  Thackeray.  8vo,  full  brown  morocco,  gilt  inside  and 
outside  borders,  gilt  edges,  bv  Andrews. 

[Lond.]  :  Chapman  and  Hall  [1847] 

*  First  Edition,  without  letterpress  under  the  plate  facing 
the  title.  The  first  of  Thackeray's  Christmas  Books.  The 
Cresswell  copy,  with  pictorial  bookplate. 

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FIEST   EDITIONS    OF    TB.ACKEBAY— Continued. 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  THACKERAY. 

'524.  MRS.  PERKINS'S  BALL.     By  Mr.  M.  A.  Titmarsh. 

With  illustrations  hy  the  Author.     First  Edition.     Square 

8vo,  vellum,  red  edges.         Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall  [1847] 

*  Presentation  copy  feom  Thackeray,  with  a  most  inter- 
esting pencil  drawing  by  him  on  the  fly-leaf  representing 
"Punch"  in  a  dress  suit  proffering  a  book,  and  underneath, 
in  Thackeray's  hand:    "With  Mr.   Titmarsh's  compliments  to 

.  Lady  Duff  Gordon."  The  book  is  in  one  of  the  special  bind- 
ings for  presentation,  put  on  at  the  time  of  publication.  The 
Lambert  copy. 

(See  Illustration.) 

WITH  AUTOGRAPH  LETTER  OF  THE  AUTHOR. 

525.  VANITY  FAIR.  A  Novel  without  a  Hero.  With 
illustrations  on  steel  and  ivood  hy  the  Author.  First  Edition. 
8vo,  20  original  parts  in  19,  as  issued,  with  all  the  original 
wrappers  and  advertisements  (excepting  p.  3-6  of  the  Brad- 
bury &  Evans  advts.  in  part  1,  the  slip  of  advt.  in  part  14). 

Lond. :  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1847-8 

*  A  VERY  aoOD  COPY,  with  only  two  backs  repaired,  one  wrap- 
per mended,  and  a  small  portion  of  the  margin  of  one  wrapper 
torn  away,  name  on  one  wrapper,  and  one  slightly  spotted  and 
last  leaf  of  advertisements  in  part  10,  damaged.  The  First 
Issue  of  each  part,  containing  all  the  correct  "points": 
The  title  in  rustic  type;  the  suppressed  woodcut  of  the  Marquis 
of  Steyne ;  the  advertisement  of  ' '  The  Great  Hoggarty  Dia- 
mond," etc.,  etc.  Six  of  the  numbers  have  the  original  tissues 
between  the  plates,  showing  the  offsets,  but  in  number  10,  the 
plates  do  not  face  each  other.  Parts  16  and  18  are  without 
dates  on  the  wrappers;  all  the  other  wrappers  bear  the  correct 
dates. 

Inserted  is  an  A.  L.  S.  of  Thackeray,  1  p.  8vo  [March  28, 
1846]  to  his  great  friend  Eyre  Crowe,  with  envelope,  and  old 
penny  stamp  and  seal.  "I  am  ohliged  to  put  off  tJie  Sheep- 
shanTc  expedition,  on  Sunday  I  have  some  very  pressing  work 
on  hand  and  can't  afford  to  lose  a  morning  at  this  precious 
time. ' '     Thackeray  at  this  time  was  writing  ' '  Vanity  Fair. ' ' 

In  the  first  number,  an  original  drawing,  in  color,  of  "Becky 
Sharp ' '  is  laid. 

526.  THE  BOOK  OF  SNOBS.  With  65  illustrations  by 
the  Author.  12mo,  full  tree-calf,  gilt  borders,  gilt  top,  with 
the  leaf  of  advertisements  in  front.     Lond. :  Punch  Office,  1848 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  First  Edition. 

'527.  OUR  STREET.  By  i\I.  A.  Titmarsh.  Illustrated  tvith 
16  colored  plates  by  the  Author.  12mo,  full  polished  calf, 
gilt  back  and  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

Lond.:  Chapman  and  Hall,  1848 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  Scarce  First  Edition. 

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528.  DOCTOR  BIRCH  and  his  Young  Friends.  By  Mr. 
M.  A.  Titmarsh.  With  colored  iUustraiions  hy  the  Author. 
12ino,  full  polished  calf,  gilt  backs  and  borders,  gilt  edges,  by 
Riviere.    Original  wrappers  bound  in. 

Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1849 

*  The  Scarce  First  Edition.     Nice  copy. 

529.  DOCTOR  BIRCH  and  his  Young  Friends.  By  Mr. 
M.  A.  Titmarsh.  With  16  colored  plates  by  the  Authar,  in- 
cluding vignette  on  title.  Square  12mo,  original  pink  boards, 
gilt  edges  (small  piece  of  back  missing). 

Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1849 

530.  DOCTOR  BIRCH  and  his  Young  Friends.  By  Mr. 
M.  A.  Titmarsh.  Illustrated  ivith  15  uncolored  plates.  12mo, 
full  green  levant  morocco,  gilt  fillet  toolings  on  covers,  with 
corner  ornaments  inlaid  in  brown  and  red  morocco,  gilt  top, 
uncut,  by  Pomey,  N.  Y. :  Appleton,  1853 

531.  SAND  AND  CANVAS.  A  Narrative  of  Adventure  in 
Egypt,  with  a  Sojourn  among  the  Artists  in  Rome.  By  Samuel 
Bevan.  Illustrations.  8vo,  original  cloth  (slightly  rubbed), 
uncut.  Lond.:  Gilpin,  1849 

*  First  Edition  of  Thackeray's  famous  recitation  of  "The 
Three  Sailors,"  with  an  account  of  the  holiday  dinner-party 
in  Rome,  upon  which  occasion  it  was  written  and  recited  by 
the  author. 

532.  THE  HISTORY  OF  PENDENNIS.  His  Fortunes 
and  ^Misfortunes,  his  Friends  and  his  Greatest  Enemy.  Illus- 
trations mi  wood  and  steel  by  the  Author.  2  vols,  in  the 
original  24  parts  (in  23),  original  yellow  wrappers,  uncut, 
with  the  advertisements  (the  advt.  in  the  last  number  of  "The 
Kickleburys  on  the  Rhine"  has  been  removed,  name  on  some 
wrappers,  and  some  plates  stained  on  edges).  Enclosed  in  two 
green  levant  morocco  slip-cases. 

Lond. :  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1848-1850 

*  A^'ery  good  copy  of  the  First  Edition. 

'533.  THE  HISTORY  OF  SAMUEL  TITMARSH  and  the 
Great  Hoggarty  Diamond.  Illustrated  with  10  plates  (includ- 
ing frontispiece  and  engraved  title-page)  by  Thackeray.  First 
English  Edition.    12mo,  original  white  glazed  boards,  uncut. 

Lond. :  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1849 

*  The  illustration  on  the  cover  is  not  repeated  in  the  book. 
Prior  to  the  publication  of  ' '  Vanity  Fair ' '  Thackeray  thought 
"The  Great  Hoggarty  Diamond"  the  best  thing  he  had  writ- 
ten. 

534.  THE  KICKLEBURYS  ON  THE  RHINE.     By  Mr. 

M.  A.  Titmarsh.  Illustrated  with  colored  plates  by  the  Authoi\ 
12mo,  full  polished  calf,  gilt  back  and  borders,  full  gilt  edges, 
by  Riviere.  Lond. :  Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  1850 

*  Fine  copy  of  the  First  Edition. 

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FIRST   EDITIONS    OF    TKACKBUAY— Continued. 

535.  THE  KICKLEBURYS  ON  THE  RHINE.     By  Mr. 

M.  A.  Titmarsh.  With  15  colored  plates  hy  the  Author'  (in- 
eluding-  title-page  vignette).  Square  12mo,  original  glazed 
boards  (back  strip  wanting),  gilt  edges. 

Lond. :  Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  1851 

*  Second  edition.  This  edition  contains  a  preface,  "being 
an  Essay  on  Thunder  and  Small  Beer,"  written  in  answer  to  a 
severe  criticism  of  the  work,  which  appeared  in  "The  Times," 
probably  written  by  Samuel  Phillips.  ' , 

536.  REBECCA  AND  ROWENA.  A  Romance  upon 
Romance.  By  Mr.  M.  A.  Titmarsh.  Illustrated  with  8  full- 
page  colored  plates  by  Richard  Doyle.  Square  12mo,  full 
polished  calf,  gilt  back  and  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

*  First  Edition.  Lond. :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1850 

537.  SKETCHES  after  English  Landscape  Painters.  With 
short  Notices  by  W.  M.  Thackeray.  By  Louis  Marvy.  Illus- 
trated tvith  20  colored  plates.  Folio,  full  green  crushed  levant 
morocco,  gilt  inside  and  outside  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut,  origi- 
nal blue  cloth  covers  bound  in,  by  Riviere. 

Lond.:  David  Bogue    [1850] 

*  First  Edition.  The  author  was  a  young  French  artist,  a 
Revolutionary  refugee,  with  whose  family  Thackeray  had  been 
on  friendly  terms  in  Paris.  Thackeray  furnished  the  short 
critical  sketches  of  painters  which  accompany  Marvy 's  en- 
gravings of  their  works.  This  copy  has  all  of  the  plates  in 
colors,  and  is  much  more  desirable  than  the  copies  in  which 
only  a  few  are  in  that  state. 

538.  THE  CONFESSIONS  of  Fitz-Boodle,  and  some  Pas- 
sages in  the  Life  of  Major  Gahagan.  12mo,  original  cloth,  gilt 
top,  original  covers  bound  in  (small  piece  torn  from  one 
margin).  N,  Y. :  Appleton,  1852 

*  Genuine  First  Edition. 

539.  MEN'S  WIVES.  12mo,  half  red  morocco,  gilt  top, 
original  covers  bound  in.  N.  Y. :  Appleton,  1852 

*  Genuine  First  Edition, 

540.  THE  HISTORY  of  Henry  Esmond,  Esq.,  a  Colonel  in 
the  Service  of  Her  Majesty  Q.  Anne.  Written  by  Himself. 
3  vols.  12mo,  original  cloth,  paper  labels  (slightly  shaken,  and 
a  few  pp.  foxed).  Lond.:  Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  1852 

*  The  Scarce  First  Edition,  claimed  by  many  to  be  Thack- 
eray's masterpiece,  for  which  he  did  a  vast  amount  of  research 
in  eighteenth-century  memoirs.  The  printing  of  it  was  de- 
layed on  account  of  the  small  amount  of  the  obsolete  type  of 
the  Queen  Anne  period  obtainable,  and  it  was  barely  finished 
in  time  for  Thackeray  to  take  with  him  to  America,  some  copies 
being  delivered  to  him  on  the  pier  as  he  was  sailing  for  his 
first  visit  to  this  country. 

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FIEST   EDITIONS   OF    THACKERAY— Continwed. 

541.  MISCELLANIES.  Appleton's  Popular  Libraiy. 
12  vols,  small  12mo,  uniformly  bound  in  half  calf,  (W.  H. 
Stewart's  name  stamp  on  titles.)  N.  Y.  1852-1853 

*  Many  of  these  stories  appeared  in  this  collection  for  the 
first  time,  the  following  items  being  the  genuine  first 
EDITIONS  IN  BOOK  FORM:  "A  Shabby  Genteel  Story"  (not 
pub.  in  England  until  1857);  "Confessions  of  Fitz-Boodle, 
and  Some  Passages  in  the  Life  of  Major  Gahagan";  "Men's 
Wives";  "Pmich's  Prize  Novelists"  (First  editions  of  all 
the  items);  "The  Luck  of  Barry  Lyndon"  (the  first  English 
edition  not  appearing  until  1856);  "Mr.  Brown's  Letters" 
(some  of  these  papers  have  never  been  reprinted). 

642.  THE  LUCK  of  Barry  Lyndon :  A  Romance  of  the  Last 
Century.  2  vols.  12mo,  original  red  cloth  (slightly  worn), 
preserved  in  a  straight-grain  morocco  solan der  case. 

N.  Y. :  Appleton,  1853 

*  Thackeray  's  own  copy  of  the  Genuine  First  Edition, 
with  his  autograph,  ' '  W.  M.  Thackeray.  Baltimore.  Feb. 
11,"  on  fly-leaf  of  volume  one.  This  edition,  issued  three 
years  prior  to  the  first  English  edition,  contains  passages 
omitted  in  that  issue. 

643.  THE  ENGLISH  HUMOURISTS  of  the  Eighteenth 
Century.  A  Series  of  Lectures.  First  Edition.  12mo,  origi- 
nal cloth,  uncut.  Lond. :  Smith,  Elder,  and  Co.,  1853 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  Author  with  the  inscrip- 
tion IN  Thackeray's  autograph  "Mrs.  Stoddard  with  the 
author's  very  best  regards.     July  1853."  The  Lambert  copy. 

644.  THE  ENGLISH  HUMOURISTS  of  the  Eighteenth 
Century.  A  Series  of  Lectures.  First  Edition.  12mo,  origi- 
nal blue  marbled  cloth,  uncut  (lacks  last  end-paper). 

Lond.:  Smith,  Elder,  and  Co.,  1853 

645.  THE  ENGLISH  HUMOURISTS  of  the  Eighteenth 
Centurv.  A  Series  of  Lectures.  12m6,  cloth  (some  pp.  slightly 
foxed).'  N.  Y. :  Harper,  1853 

*  First  American  Edition. 

546.  PUNCH'S  PRIZE  NOVELISTS,  the  Fat  Contributor, 
and  Travels  in  London.  12mo,  half  crushed  maroon  levant 
morocco,  gilt  top.  N.  Y. :  Appleton,  1853 

*  First  Edition  of  all  the  items.  Reprinted  in  London  in 
1855  and  1886. 

647.  HOMES  OF  AMERICAN  AUTHORS:  Comprising 
Anecdotical,  Personal,  and  Descriptive  Sketches  by  various 
authors.    Small  4to,  original  cloth. 

N.  Y. :  G.  P.  Putnam  and  Co.,  1863 

*  An  association  copy  of  great  interest.  On  the  fly-leaf 
is  an  inscription  ' '  W.  M.  Thackeray  Esq.  with  the  best  respects 
of  G.  P.  Putnam.  New  York,  Nov.  29,  1852. ' '  Thackeray  has 
written  his  name  opposite.  His  stamp  is  on  the  title-page  and 
the  last  blank  leaves  bear  7  original  pencil  sketches,  probably 
by  Thackeray,  and  all  of  unusual  merit,  one  undoubtedly  being 
one  of  the  characters  in  his  ' '  Kickleburys  on  the  Rhine. ' ' 

96 


FIRST   EDITIONS    OF    THACKERAY— Con/inwed. 

548.  THE  NEWCOMES.  Memoirs  of  a  most  Respectable 
Family,  Edited  by  Arthur  Pendennis,  Esq.  'With  illustrations 
on  steel  and  wood  hy  Richard  Doyle  (plates  time-stained). 
2  vols,  in  the  original  24  parts  (in  23),  original  yellow  wrap- 
I.ers  (backs  repaired),  uncut,  with  advertisements,  enclosed 
in  two  green  levant  morocco  slip-cases. 

Lond. :  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1853^55 

*  First  Edition. 

549.  THE  NEWCOMES.  Memoirs  of  a  most  Respectable 
Family.  Edited  by  Arthur  Pendennis,  Esq.  With  numerous 
illustrations  on  steel  and  wood  hy  Richard  Doyle.  First  Edi- 
tion. 2  vols,  full  maroon  levant  morocco,  gilt  backs,  gilt  inside 
and  outside  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 

Lond. :  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1854 

*  Presentation  copy  from  the  Author's  Mother  to  Ed- 
mund Craigie,  with  inscription  on  each  title,  in  her  auto- 
graph: "Edmund  Craigie  from  his  old  friend  the  Author's 
Mother,  Octbr.  1861." 

550.  BALLADS.  8vo,  original  printed  wrappers,  uncut 
(cover  spotted).  Lond.:  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1855 

*  First  Edition. 

551.  THE  ROSE  and  the  Ring ;  or,  the  History  of  Prince 
Giglio  and  Prince  Bulbo.  With  8  plates  and  numerous  illus- 
trations by  Thackeray.  First  Edition.  12mo,  original  printed 
boards  (rebacked).  Lond.:  Smith,  Elder  and  Co.,  1855 

652.  MISCELLANIES:  Prose  and  Verse.  4  vols.  12mo, 
original  brown  half  morocco. 

Lond. :  Bradbury  &  Evans,  1855-;18i57 

*  First  Edition. 

553.  THE  MEMOIRS  of  Barry  Lyndon,  Esq.,  of  the  King- 
dom of  Ireland.  First  English  Edition,  8vo,  half  green 
morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut,  original  yellow  wrappers  bound  in. 
Nice  copy.  Lond. :  Bradbury  &  Evans,  1856 

554.  THE  TREMENDOUS  ADVENTURES  of  INIajor 
Gahagan.  12mo,  half  red  morocco,  original  wrappers  bound 
in.  Lond;:  Bradbury  &  Evans,  1856 

*  First  Edition.     Scarce. 

565.  THE  VIRGINIANS.  A  Tale  of  the  Last  Century, 
With  illustrations  on  steel  and  wood  hy  the  Author.  In  the 
original  24  monthly  parts,  8vo,  wrappers,  uncut,  in  two  green 
levant  morocco  slip-cases. 

Lond. :  Bradbury  and  Evans,  1857-1859 

*  A  very  good  copy,  with  only  a  few  of  the  backs  repaired. 

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FIEST  EDITIONS   OF    THACKERAY— Continued. 

556.  RIVAL  RHYMES,  in  Honour  of  Burns ;  with  curious 
illustrative  matter.  Collected  and  edited  by  Ben  Trovato 
[Samuel  Lover].  First  Edition.  12mo,  original  red  cloth, 
uncut  (a  little  shaken). 

Lond. :  Routledge,  Warnes  &  Routledge,  1859 

*  One  of  these  burlesque  rhymes  is  ' '  Letter  to  the  Directors 
of  the  Crystal  Palace.     By  W.  M.  T*»*k***y." 

557.  MR.  THACKERAY,  Mr.  Yates,  and  the  Garrick  Club. 
The  Correspondence  and  Facts.  Stated  by  Edmund  Yates. 
8vo.  15  pp.  full  crimson  morocco,  gilt  inside  and  outside 
borders,  by  Riviere.  Printed  for  Privarte  Circulation,  1859 

*  The  Genuine  First  Edition,  with  Dickens 's  name  spelt 
"Diclies"  on  page  14,     The  Borden  copy.    Very  Scarce. 

558.  The  same.     The  corrected  issue,  with  Dickens's 

name  spelled  correctly.     Enclosed  in  full  crimson  levant  mo- 
rocco solander  case. 

559.  THE  FOUR  GEORGES,    lllustratiom.    12ino,  cloth. 

N.  Y. :  Harper,  1860 

*  Genuine  First  Edition.    Fine  copy. 

560.  LOVELL  THE  WIDOWER.  With  12  full-page  and 
text  woodcuts  hy  the  Author.  First  English  Edition.  12mo, 
original  violet  cloth,  uncut.     Lond. :  Smith,  Elder  and  Co.,  1861 

561.  THE  FOUR  GI50RGES.  Sketches  of  Manners,  Morals, 
Court  and  Town  Life.  Illustrations.  12mo,  original  cloth, 
uncut.  Lond. :  Smith,  Elder  and  Co.,  1861 

*  First  English  Edition. 

562.  THE  ADVENTURES  OF  PHILIP.  3  vols,  small  8vo, 
original  cloth,  uncut.  Lond. :  Smith,  Elder  and  Co.,  1862 

*  First  Edition.  Choice  copy.  Laid  in  one  of  the  volumes 
are  three  proof  illustrations  by  Pailthorpe,  This  first  edition 
was  issued  without  illustrations. 

563.  ROUNDABOUT  PAPERS.  Reprinted  from  "The 
Cornhill  Magazine."  Illustrations.  12mo,  original  blue  cloth, 
uncut.  Lond. :  Smith,  Elder  and  Co.,  1863 

*  First  Edition.  Lady  Ritchie  writes  of  this  book:  "The 
Roundabout  Papers  might  serve  for  a  diary  of  the  last  years 
of  my  father's  work." 

564.  ROUNDABOUT  PAPERS.  With  illustrations.  First 
American  Edition.    12mo,  cloth.  N.  Y. :  Harper,  1863 

565.  THACKERAY  THE  HUMOURIST  and  the  Man  of 

Letters.    By  Theodore  Taylor  [John  Camden  Hotten].    Illus- 
trations.   12mo,  original  cloth.  N.  Y, :  Appleton,  1864 

*  Issued  the  same  year  as  the  English  edition,  but  contains 
"In  Memoriam"  by  Charles  Dickens,  and  "A  Sketch"  by 
Anthony  TroUope,  which  did  not  appear  in  that  edition. 

98 


FIEST   EDITIONS    OF    TB.ACKEBAY— Continued. 

566.  CATALOGUE  of  the  Contents  of  the  House  of  the  late 

W,  Makepeace  Thackeray Sold  by  Auction  by  Mess. 

Christie,  Manson  &  Woods,  March  16,  1864.    21  pp.  8vo,  sewn. 

[Lond.  1864] 

567.  DENIS  DUVAL.  With  8  woodcut  illustrations.  8vo, 
original  brown  paper  covers,  uncut  (edges  a  little  ragged). 

N.  Y. :  Harper,  1864 

*  The  Genuine  First  Edition  of  the  work,  the  English  edi- 
tion not  appearing  until  1867.  Contains  "In  Memoriam"  by 
Charles  Dickens.    Very  Scarce. 

568.  DENIS  DUVAL.  First  English  Edition.  12mo, 
original  cloth.  Lond. :  Smith,  Elder  and  Co.,  1867 

569.  THE  STUDENTS'  QUARTER;  or,  Paris  Five-and- 
thirty  Years  Since.  With  original  colored  illustrations.  12ino, 
original  cloth,  uncut  and  mainly  unopened. 

Lond.:  Hotten  [1864] 

*  First  Edition.  Most  of  the  material  appeared  first  in 
' '  The  Corsair, ' '  but  Hotten  took  some  liberties  with  the  text 
in  arranging  the  book  for  publication.  This  work  is  not  in- 
cluded in  Thackeray's  collected  writings. 

570.  EARLY  AND  LATE  PAPERS.  Hitherto  Uncollected. 
First  Edition.    Portrait.    12mo,  cloth. 

Bost. :  Ticknor  and  Fields,  1867 

571.  CATHERINE.  A  Story.  By  Ikey  Solomons,  Esq., 
Junior.     8vo,  original  wrappers,  in  cloth  slip-case. 

Bost.:  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1869 

*  The  Genuine  First  Edition.  This  story,  founded  on  the 
crimes  of  Mrs.  Catherine  Hayes,  first  appeared  in  "Eraser's 
Magazine,"  but  was  not  published  in  book  form  until  this 
time. 

572.  THE  ORPHAN  of  Pimlico ;  and  other  Sketches.  Frag- 
ments, and  Drawings.  Portrait  and  many  illustrations.  Folio, 
boards,  roan  back,  gilt  top,  uncut.  Lond.  1876 

*  First  Edition.     A  few  of  the  plates  are  in  color. 

573.  SULTAN  STORK  and  other  Stories  and  Sketches. 
8vo,  original  green  cloth,  uncut.  Lond. :  Redway,  1887 

*  First  Edition. 

574.  READING  A  POEM.  Frontispiece.  Square  18mo, 
original  parchment  wrappers,  uncut. 

Lond. :  Chiswick  Press,  1891 

*  First  Issue  in  book  form  of  this  Sketch,  One  of  an  issue 
of  321  copies  printed  for  subscribers  only  by  The  Sette  of  Odd 
Volumes. 

575.  OUR  ANNUAL  EXECUTION:  Preceded  by  a  Word 
on  the  Annuals.    8vo,  full  green  watered  silk,  gilt  edges. 

*  Limited  to  550  copies.  Phila. :  Fisher,  1902 

99 


FIEST  EDITIONS   OF    THACKERAY— Continued!. 

576.  THE  ATLANTIC  MONTHLY  for  August,  1910.  8vo, 
wrappers,  uncut.  Bost.  1910 

*  Contains  ' '  Contemporary  Opinions  of  Thackeray ' '  by 
Sarah  N.  Cleghorn,  and  ' '  An  unpublished  Poem  by  Thackeray, ' ' 
by  Anne  Thackeray  Ritchie. 

577.  FOUR  ORIGINAL  PEN  DRAWINGS  (Artist  un- 
known) to  illustrate  "  Pendennis. "  Beneath  the  drawings  are 
quotations  from  the  book,  which  these  drawings  are  intended 
to  illustrate. 


SKETCHES  AND  AUTOGRAPH  LETTERS  BY 
THACKERAY. 

578.  ORIGINAL  PEN-AND-INK  DRAWING  by  Thack- 
eray, of  his  daughters,  seated  in  a  garden.    Size  3i/^  x  4  inches. 

*  Accompanying  the  sketch,  is  a  letter  from  Isabel  M.  Shawe, 
his  niece,  who  bears  his  wife's  maiden  name,  explaining  the 
circumstances  under  which  this  sketch  was  made.  "/  was  on 
a  visit  at  the  Bed  Horse  in  Palace  Gds. — 4"  seeing  the  study 
door  open  I  went  in,  (we  might  never  disturb  when  it  was 
closed)  and  asked  my  uncle  who  was  standing  near  the  how 
window  looking  at  some  papers  (probably  proofs,  but  very  un- 
important to  me!)  if  he  wd.  draw  a  picture  for  me.     'What 

'of,'  he  asked  very  gently  4"  sweetly,  without  shewing  any  signs 
of  haste.  'Oh,  some  pretty  ladies,  please.'  So  in  about  S 
minutes  he  laid  down  his  pen,  4'  put  this  into  my  hand  saying 
'  these  are  Counsin  Annie  ^  Cousin  Minnie  in  the  garden,  ^  that 
is  a  very  rare  plant  beside  them. '  Then  I  found  that  he  was  in 
real  haste  to  keep  an  appointment,  but  rather  than  disappoint  a 
little  girl,  lonely  for  her  parents  away,  in  India,  he  had  given 
up  those  minutes  to  please  me " 

579.  ORIGINAL  PEN-AND-INK  DRAWING,  colored, 
sketched  on  the  first  of  four  pages.  On  the  last  page  Thack- 
eray has  written,  in  his  small  straight  hand  ' '  This  was  to  have 
gone  with  the  handkerchief  &  another  picture  representing 
Sister  Anne  waving  her  handkerchief  out  of  window  in  the 
3d  box  hut  the  ink  runs  ivhen  I  try  to  colour  them  &  and  spoils 
em."  Neatly  repaired  in  folds.  With  envelope  addressed  by 
Thackeray,  to  Miss  Strong,  286  Second  Avenue,  New  York, 
U.  S.  A.    2  pieces. 

*  The  drawing  is  a  very  clever  and  well-finished  specimen. 

580.  ORIGINAL  PEN-AND-INK  DRAWING  by  Thack- 
eray, on  Invitation  card.    To  Sir  W.  and  Lady  Molesworth. 

*  A  sketch  of  a  lackey,  pointing  to  the  date  * '  Friday  21 ' ' 
under  which  is  written,  "7y2."  An  exceedingly  clever  little 
drawing. 

581.  CARTE-DE-VISITE  PHOTOGRAPH  of  Thackeray, 
and  one  other,  possibly  that  of  Mrs.  Curtis.    2  pieces. 

100 


SKETCHES  AND  LETTERS  BY  THACKERAY— Contrnwed. 

682.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Kensington,  February  8,  1845.  To 
Mark  Lemon. 

*  ' '  Oian  can  ie  reached  iy  several  routes.  ...  7  will  tell 
you  more  about  the  spot  when  I  see  you.  I  saw  poor  Hood 
yesterday.  I  don't  think  he  has  many  more  months  to  live, 
.  .  .  Whenever  he  goes,  however,  my  rooted  opinion  is  that  he 
will  live  longer  in  his  serious  poems  than  his  joJces,"  etc. 

'583.  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  16mo.  Kensington,  May  10,  no  year.  To 
Mr.  Chambers.  "7  am  going  to  Paris  to  my  daughter  directly, 
and  cant  have  the  pleasure  of  dining  with  you,"  etc. 

584.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  12mo.  Basle,  18  July,  1853.  To  Miss 
Libby  Strong.    Repaired  in  folds. 

*  A  SPLENDID  SPECIMEN,  WITH  THREE  SKETCHES  BY  THACK- 
ERAY in  the  text  of  the  letter.  Congratulating  Miss  Strong  on 
her  18th  birthday.  Written  on  a  leaf  torn  from  a  book.  "Just 
to  show  that  I  don't  forget  my  promise  to  write  to  you  on 
this  18th  birthday  you  have  Icnown  in  this  wicked  world,  I 
tear  a  leaf  out  of  a  booh  {for  I  have  no  desk  with  me  up 
stairs)  and  I  write  a  God  bless  you.  ..."  At  the  botttom  of  the 
letter  Thackeray  has  written  a  Postscript  in  the  form  of  a 
scroll,  in  his  microscopic  hand  "See  in  what  pretty  ways  I  can 
write.  I  shall  he  in  London  in  September  and  I  expect  a 
many  American  letter  there  from  the  Brown  House  in  8d 
Avenue,  N.  Y." 

585.  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  Somewhere  in  October  or  November, 
Paris,  1853.  To  My  dear  Little  birds  [his  daughters] . .  Worn 
in  the  folds,  with  some  repairs. 

*  A  FINE  LETTER  OF  DESCRIPTION,  Written  in  an  exceedingly 
happy  vein  with  dashes  of  humor.  The  chirography  is  in  both 
the  straight  and  slanting  varieties  used  by  Thackeray.  Signed 
with  his  Initials. 

586.  A.  L.  S.,  4  pp.  8vo.  Boulogne  sur  Mer.  No  date.  [To 
the  Misses  Strong.]  Has  slight  tears,  and  has  been  repaired 
in  the  folds.    A  fine  friendly  letter. 

*  Mentions  Dickens.  "Something  dismal  must  be  in  the 
air  .  .  .  is  it  because  I  have  been  hard  at  work  all  day,  and  am 
writing  this  for  dear  life,  so  that  Mr.  Dickens  may  carry  it 
in  his  pocket  across  the  water  and  forward  it  to  Liverpool? 
I  dined  with  him  yesterday.  .  .  .  Miss  Libby  says  I  don't  know 
what  you  mean  by  cents,  but  I  know  you  are  taking  a  good  deal 
of  noneents,"  etc. 

587.  A.  L.  S.,  3  pp.  8vo.  Tuesday,  no  place  or  date.  To  one 
who  has  evidently  sought  his  advice  about  entering  the  literary 
profession. 

*  ' '  When  I  told  you  on  Wednesday  last  that  I  could  not  by 
any  means  accede  to  your  request,  I  did  not  use  idle  words. 
It  is  quite  out  of  my  power  to  forward  any  matter — or  to  lend 
myself  to  speak  well  of  what  I  know  to  be  the  reverse  of  good 
....  Poetical  success  is  not  for  you."  etc. 

i588.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  13  Young  St.,  Kensington,  no  date. 
To  "My  dear  Morris."  With  Carte-de-visite  photo,  of  Thack- 
eray and  engraved  portrait  of  Captain  Marryat.  3  pieces.  A 
friendly  letter. 

101 


SKETCHES  AND  LETTERS  BY  TB-ACKEHAY— Continued. 

589.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  "The  Athena&um"  [1858].  [To 
John  Hollinshead.]     Referring  to  the  Guild  of  Literature  and 

Art. 

*  "  /  have  just  read  your  note  and  the  letter  in  the  Daily 
News — and  shall  he  glad  if  any  movement  can  be  made  in  he- 
half  of  the  School.  But  I  think  the  movement  should  hegin 
with  the  hard-working  men,  not  with  the  notahilities/'  etc. 

590.  A.  L.  S.  (with  initials).  1  p.  8vo.  Lond.,  June  28, 
1858.  To  Mrs.  Beecher.  Sending  her  a  draft  on  Sir  John 
Lubbock  for  £5.  The  signature  to  the  draft  has  been  cut  away. 
Tliackeray's  initials  to  the  letter  are  in  monogram  form.  His 
initials  on  the  revenue  stamp  are  in  sequence. 

591.  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  36  Onslow  Sq.,  April  2,  1861.  To 
Mrs.  Barrett  Browning.    With  envelope.    2  pieces. 

*  A  MOST  INTERESTING  LETTER,  in  which  he  Writes  that  after 
keeping  the  Manuscript  several  months,  HE  feels  obliged  to 

DECLINE   TO   PUBLISH    ONE   OF    MrS.    BrOWNING'S    POEMS.       It   iS 

evident  throughout  the  letter  the  embarrassment  and  chagrin 
Thackeray  felt  in  being  obliged  to  pen  his  decision.  He  pref- 
aces his  letter  with  an  allegory  of  an  aching  tooth,  and  applies 
the  lack  of  courage  in  the  sufferer,  to  his  condition  in  the 
present  ease.  "This  tooth  is  an  allegory  to  your  poems  that 
you  sent  me  montJis  ago — and  who  am  I  to  refuse  the  poems 
of  Elizabeth  Browning,  and  set  myself  up  as  a  judge  over  her? 
I  can't  tell  you  how  often  I  have  been  going  to  write  and  have 
failed.  ¥ou  see  our  magazine  is  written  not  only  for  men  and 
women,  but  for  hoys,  girls,  etc.,  ....  and  one  of  the  best  wives, 
mothers,  women  in  the  world  writes  some  verses,  wh.  I  feel  cer- 
tain would  he  objected  to  by  many  of  our  readers  ....  hut 
there  are  things  my  squeamish  public  will  not  hear  on  Mondays 
though  on  Sunday  they  listen  to  them  without  scruple.  In  your 
poem  you  know  there  is  an  account  of  unlawful  passion  felt 
by  a  man  for  a  woman  ....  and  so  I  have  not  published  this 
poem. 

"  To  have  to  say  no  to  my  betters  is  one  of  the  Jiardest  duties 
I  have — but  I'm  sure  we  must  not  publish  your  verse — and  I 
go  down  on  my  knees  before  cutting  my  victim's  head  off,  and 
say  'Madam,  you  know  how  I  respect  you.  Browning's  wife, 
and  Peneny's  Mother;  and  for  what  I  am  going  to  do,  I  most 
humbly  ask  your  pardon,"  etc. 

592.  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.    Kensington,  July  3,  1861. 

*  ' '  You  ask  me  for  advice — advice  touching  literature,  ex- 
actly the  kind  of  advice  I  hate  to  give.  Besides,  do  people 
as  a  general  rule  take  advice?  ....  This  is  the  way  to  describe 
a  journey  for  the  Periodical  you  name: — 'On,  still  on,  with 
panting  speed  and  wildly  throbbing  brow.  Past  the  haunted 
house  by  the  Frozen  Pool  (I)  tluxt  stood  out  weird  and  ghastly 
in  the  moonlight  ....  On,  still  on.  Will  he  reach  the  Grange 
in  time?     No  matter!  he  will  try.     Suddenly,  in  the  distance, 

/  a  hurst  of  flame  springs  from  the  inside  of  a  waterbutt,  etc., 

etc.  That's  the  sort  of  thing  [they]  want, — isn't  it?  You 
are  very  welcome  to  it." 

593.  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Kensington,  Monday,  no  date.  To 
Mr.  Milner.    Regretting  he  cannot  keep  an  appointment. 

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Speeches  of  the  Prince  Consort 

Inscribed  by  Queen  Victoria 

(See  No.  603.) 


SKETCHES  AND  LETTERS  BY  THACKERAY— Coniwued. 

694.  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  Kensington,  Saturday,  no  date.  To 
*'My  dear  F."  ''If  not  ingayged  [sic]  you  will  find  roast  heef 
and  Higgins  here  to-morrow  at  6  o'clock."  The  initials  (sig- 
nature) are  in  monogram  form. 


595.  THORBURN  (GRANT).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  8vo.  New 
Haven,  ]\Iareh  5,  1862. 

*  Written  in  his  90th  year  with  the  point  of  a  diamond. 

596.  TILTON  (THEODORE).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp.  8vo.  The 
Independent,  Aug.  22,  18G5.  To  Mr.  Franklin.  Sending  him 
an  Epic  Poem;  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  undated',  regarding  auto- 
graphs.   2  pieces. 

597.  TROLLOPE  (ANTHONY,  Author).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp. 
8vo.    Clarendon,  Nov.  1,  1861. 

*  To  Hy.  T.  Tuckerman,  "no  man  can  have  greater  or  better 
o'bject  than  that  of  maJcing  Englishmen  understand  Americans 
and  Americans  English,"  also  A.L.S.,  18  Feb.  1873,  1  p.  8vo, 
and  Signature.     Three  pieces. 

598.  TUCKERMAN  (HENRY  T.).  A.  L.  S,  1  p.  8vo, 
15  West  10th  Street,  Dee.  24.  To  C.  B.  Norton,  regarding 
list  of  names;  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  Svo,  March  23,  186G.  To  M. 
Hurd,  regarding  books  wanted.     2  pieces. 

599.  TUCKERMAN  (HENRY  T.).  A.  L.  S  ,  3  pp.  12mo» 
N.  Y.,  May  3,  1858.  To  Mr.  Childs  on  literary  matters; 
also,  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  Response  to  request  for  his  auto- 
graph.    2  pieces. 

600.  TWEED  (WILLIAM  M.).  A.  S. ;  R.  L  Walker, 
A.  S.,  with  2  portraits;  M.  R.  Waite,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p. ;  Lewis 
Tappan,  A  L.  S.,  1  p.;  Clarence  A.  Seward,  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.; 
W.  Strong,  A.  N.  S.,  1  p.;  A.  F.  Swayne,  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.; 
Marshall  P.  Wilder,  A.N.  S.,  1  p. ;  Vicomte Damas,  A.  L.  S., 
1  p.     11  pieces. 

601.  VAN  RENSSELAER  (STEPHEN).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p. 
4to.  Albany,  March  16,  1809.  Regarding  the  printing  of 
the  Law.s. 

602.  VAN  RENSSELAER  (STEPHEN).  A.  L.  S.,  2  pp. 
4to.  Albany,  March  20,  ISl^i.  To  David  Parish,  Phila- 
delphia.    On  financial  matters. 

*  "  We  are  alarmed  at  the  idea  of  an  Evibargo.     I  hope  it  is 
only  a  maneuvre  of  the  Administration." 

103 


PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  QUEEN  VICTORIA. 

603.  [VICTORIA  (QUEEN).]  The  Principal  Speeches 
and  Addresses  of  His  Royal  Highness,  The  Prince  Consort. 
Portrait.     8vo,  cloth.  •         Lond.  1862 

*  Presentation  copy  to  Dean  Liddell  with  a  remarkably 
fine  inscription,  "  To  The  Dean  of  Christ  Church,  In  recol- 
lection of  the  great  and  good  Prince  from  His  broken  hearted 
loidow,  Victoria  Osborne,  Jan.  4,  1863." 

(See  Illustration.) 

PRESENTATION    COPY    FROM   HORACE  WALPOLE. 

604.  [WALPOLE  (HORACE).]  The  Mysterious  Mother: 
A  Tragedy.     Svo,  original  vellum. 

Lond. :  Printed  for  J.  Dodsley,  1781 

*  First  Edition.  On  the  half-title  is  written  in  Walpole's 
autograph,  "  From  the  Author,  1788."  It  also  contains  the 
bookplate  of  Miss  Mary  Berry,  Walpole's  friend  and  literary 
executor.     The  Henry  W.  Poor  copy,  with  his  bookplate. 

605.  WARREN  (SAMUEL).  A.  S. ;  Charles  Sprague. 
A.  N.  S.,  1  p. ;  Benjamin  Silliman,  A.  L.  S.  (with  initials), 
2  pp. ;  Theodore  D.  Woolsey,  A.  S.     4  pieces. 

606.  WASHINGTON  (BUSHROD,  Lawyer).  A.  L.  S., 
1  p.  4to.    Washington,  Feb.  15,  1829.     Purchase  of  land. 

607.  WASHINGTON  (GEORGE).  Portrait  of  Washing- 
ton and  a  View  of  the  Evacuation  of  New  York,  by  the 
British,  November  25,  1783.  Plate.  Small  4to,  full  crim- 
son levant   morocco,  original  covers  bound  in,  by  Taffin. 

N.  Y. :  Society  of  Iconophiles,  1899 

608.  WEBSTER  (DANIEL,  Statesman).  A.  L.  S.,3pp. 
Svo.  Washington,  June  16  [1849],  another  2  pp.  Svo. 
"Wednesday,  3  o'clock."  2  pp.  Svo.  Two  pieces.  Per- 
sonal. 

609.  WHITE  (RICHARD  GRANT).  The  New  Gospel 
of  Peace,  According  to  St   Benjamin.     12mo,  cloth. 

N.  Y.    1866 

*  Laid  in  is  a  one-page  autograph  letter  of  Fernando  Wood 
(Mayor  of  N.  Y.),  one  of  the  principal  characters  of  the  book. 

610.  WHITMAN  (WALT).  Leaves  of  Grass.  Author's 
Edition.     12mo,  original  half  sheep.  Camden,  1876 

*Of  this  edition,  which  was  issued  and  sold  by  Whitman 
himself,  only  100  copies  were  printed.  With  autograph  of  the 
author  on  title-page. 

611.  WHITTIER  (.JOHN  G.).  The  Journal  of  John 
Woolman,  with  an  Introduction  by  J.  G.  Whittier.  12mo, 
original  cloth. 

*  First  Edition.  An  Autograph  letter,  signed  by  Whittier, 
to  Mr.  Osgood,  regarding  the  writing  of  his  Introduction  to  the 
book  is  inserted.     The  Arnold-Poor  Copy. 

104 


612.  WHITTIER  (JOHN  G.).  Incidental  Poems,  ac- 
companied with  letters,  and  a  few  select  pieces,  with  Pref- 
ace and  Sketch  of  the  Author's  Life,  by  Robert  Dinsmoor, 
the  "Rustic  Bard."  First  Edition.  8vo,  full  brown  crushed 
levant  morocco,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  Rowfant  Bindery. 

Haverhill,  1828 

*  Contains  Whittier's  first  poem  printed  in  book  form,  to  the 
"  Rustic  Bard,"  page  248.  Margin  of  one  page  has  small  comer 
missing. 

613.  WHITTIER  (JOHN  G.,  Poet).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  4to, 
Philadelphia,  24th,  4th  Mouth,  1839.  Refers  to  a  meeting 
of  the  Anti -slavery  Society  to  be  held  at  New  York.  Fine 
specimen. 

614.  WHITTIER  (JOHN  G.).  The  Tent  on  the  Beach 
and  Other  Poems.  First  Edition.  12mo,  cloth.    Bost.  1867 

*  Laid  in  is  an  autograph  stanza  of  the  poem  "The  Eternal 
Goodness." 

' '  And  so  beside  the  Silent  Sea 
I  wait  the  muffled  oar 
No  harm  from  Him  can  come  to  me 
On  ocean  or  on  shore. 

John  G.  Whittier." 

615.  WHITTIER  (JOHN  G.).  Mabel  Martin:  A  Har- 
vest Idyl.  With  illustrations.  8vo,  original  cloth,  gilt, 
gilt  edges.  Bost.  1876 

*  First  Edition  in  8vo  form,  with  58  illustrations.  Laid  in  is 
an  A.  L.,  Signed  with  initials,  \%  pp.  from  Whittier  to  his 
publisher:  "Have  you  printed  off  the  'Mabel  Martin.'  It 
seerns  to  me  proper  to  say  a  word  about  the  change  in  name, 
&c.  in  the  poem  And  there  is  a  slight  error  in  punctuation  in 
one  of  the  verses  and  one  word  mis-spelled,  and  m  the  proem  or 
introducto'>'y  stanza,  I  wish  to  make  one  or  two  corrections." 

616.  WILLIS  (NATHANIEL  P.,  American  Author).  Two 
A.  L's  S.,  1  p.  8vo,  1865,  and  2  pp.  8vo,  1865;  and  L.  S., 
1  p.  8vo,  1861.     3  pieces. 

617.  WOLCOTT  (OLIVER).  2  L'sS.,  each  1  p.  4to.  Jan. 
13,  1797,  and  Feb.  18,  1795.  To  Nathaniel  Appletou,  on 
Financial  matters.     With  portrait.     3  pieces. 

618.  WOOLSON  (ABBA  G.).  George  Eliot  and  Her 
Heroines:  A  Study.     12mo,  cloth.  N.  Y.  1886 

*  Presentation  copy,  with  an  inlaid  A.  L.  S.  from  the 
author  to  Mr.  Stedman.  The  Stedman  copy,  with  his  book- 
plate. 

619.  [WORDSWORTH  (WILLIAM).]  Dramatic  Works 
of  Robert  Greene;  to  which  are  added  his  Poems.  2  vols. 
8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  Lond.  1831 

*  William  Wordsworth's  copy,  with  his  autograph  on  the 
fly-leaf  of  each  volume  and  on  title-page  of  Vol.  I.  Inclosed  in 
two  full  straight-grain  morocco  solander  cases. 

105 


620.  WYCKOFF  (WALTER  A.).  The  Workers— The 
East;  The  West.     2  vols.  12mo,  original  cloth.     N.  Y.  1899 

*  First  Edition,    Inscribed  by  the  author. 

621.  YATES  (EDMUND,  Author).  A.  L.  S.,  1  p.  12mo. 
Lancaster  Lodge,  London,  June  16,  1870. 

*  Refers  to  the  death  of  Charles  Dickens:  "  While  scarcely 
realizing  that  he  is  gone  I  am  beginning  to  understand  how 
merciful  was  the  manner  of  his  death."    With  envelope. 

622.  ZENGER  (JOHN  PETER).  A  Brief  Narrative  of 
the  Case  and  Trial  of  John  Peter  Zenger,  Printer  of  the 
New  York  Weekly  Journal,  for  a  libel.  Small  4to,  full 
green  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges,  by  F.  Bedford 
(title-page  and  last  leaf  have  been  rebacked  and  repaired). 

*Very  scarce.  N.  Y.  1770 


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